Emergency management : the American experience, 1900-2010 /
Emergency management : the American experience, 1900-2010 /
Claire B. Rubin, editor.
- 2nd ed.
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.
- vii, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin -- Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler -- The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea -- Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves -- Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald -- 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter -- The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald -- Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010 -- From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- Suggested readings -- About the authors -- Index.
9781466517530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012007899
Emergency management--United States.
Natural disasters--United States.
Hazard mitigation--United States.
HV551.3 / .E46 2012
363.340973/0904
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin -- Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler -- The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea -- Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves -- Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald -- 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter -- The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald -- Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010 -- From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- Suggested readings -- About the authors -- Index.
9781466517530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012007899
Emergency management--United States.
Natural disasters--United States.
Hazard mitigation--United States.
HV551.3 / .E46 2012
363.340973/0904