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Introduction to international disaster management /

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This comprehensive overview of global emergency management provides practitioners and students alike with an understanding of the disaster management profession by using a global perspective, including the different sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that exist to manage hazard risk, and...

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Main Author: Coppola, Damon P (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier/Butterworth-Hein, 2015.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Disaster relief > International cooperation.
Emergency management > International cooperation.
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.
Risk management.
Disaster relief > International cooperation
Emergency management
Emergency management > International cooperation
Hazard mitigation
Risk management
Disaster Planning.
Relief Work.
International Cooperation.
Risk Management.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Management of Disasters
  • Hazards
  • Risk and Vulnerability
  • Mitigation
  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Participants: Governmental Disaster Management Agencies
  • Participants: Non-Governmental Organizations, Including the Private Sector and Academia
  • Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions
  • Special Considerations.

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