Introduction to international disaster management /

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Author / Creator:Coppola, Damon P., author.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 547 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170730
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ISBN:9780080465739
0080465730
9780750679824
0750679824
0750679824
9780128014776
0128014776
1280708115
9781280708114
9786610708116
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This edition provides practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession by utilizing a global perspective and including the different sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that exist to manage hazard risk, and the many different stakeholders involved. This update examines the impact of many recent large-scale and catastrophic disaster events on countries and communities, as well as their influence on disaster risk reduction efforts worldwide. It also expands coverage of small-island developing states (SIDS) and explores the achievements of the United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) and the priorities for action in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction currently under development. This useful, relevant text includes many changes that have occurred since the last edition for a better understanding of the rapidly advancing field of international disaster management.
Other form:Print version: Coppola, Damon P. Introduction to international disaster management. Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, ©2007 0750679824 9780750679824