Centers for hazard studies have only recently examined the interrelated aspects of disastrous events and recognized the interaction between natural hazards and human systems. As society attempts to acquire the information and develop the skills to reduce the risks and damage from disaster, an increasingly professional public service is reconsidering its strategies and policy direction.
Managing Disaster addresses this problem and the need for a new approach to teaching this subject at the university level. Twenty-three professionals and scholars in public policy and administration-rom universities, government, and the private sector-examine the basic issues confronting managers and public agencies in the face of disaster.
| ISBN: | 9780822308003 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 1988 |
| Author: | Louise K Comfort |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press an imprint of Duke University Press Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 420 pages |
| Series: | Duke Press Policy Studies |
| Genres: |
Central / national / federal government policies Politics and government |
This book reflects an important shift in society's definition of disaster. For centuries catastrophic events have been considered "acts of God" and therefore uncontrollable by definition.
Managing Disaster features in the following genres: Central / national / federal government policies, Politics and government
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Managing Disaster was written by Louise K Comfort and published by Duke University Press an imprint of Duke University Press Books
Managing Disaster has 420 pages
Yes it is part of Duke Press Policy Studies series