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Emergency management : the American experience, 1900-2010 / Claire B. Rubin, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vii, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781466517530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.340973/0904 23
LOC classification:
  • HV551.3 .E46 2012
Contents:
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) | Homeland Security
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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.

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