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" The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / "
John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
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BL
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1031639
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b786009
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Handmer, John W.
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The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions /\ John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
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London ;Sterling, VA :: Earthscan,, 2007.
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xvii, 187 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1844073599
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: 9781844073597
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the context and aims of this book -- Constructing the problem -- The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- Constructing the response -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem : politics, participation and communication -- Framing the problem : identifying and analyzing risk -- Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters -- Constructing the future -- Future prospects.
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"Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a policy and institutional framework. For the first time it brings together into a coherent framework the insights of public policy, institutional design and emergency and disaster management."--Jacket.
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Disaster relief.
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Emergency management.
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Auxilio en los desastres.
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Disaster relief.
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Emergency management.
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Instituciones políticas.
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Urgencias médicas.
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Disaster Planning.
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Beleid.
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Hulpverlening.
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Rampen.
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Public Policy.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.34/8
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363.348
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HV551.2.H36 2007
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2009 K-838
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WA 295H236h 2007
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79.23bcl
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79.23.bcl
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Dovers, Stephen.
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