Disaster Response and Homeland Security What Works, What Doesn't

Name: Disaster Response and Homeland Security What Works, What Doesn't
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ISBN: 9780275992118

ISBN-10: 027599211X

ISBN-13: 9780275992118

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Miskel

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Hurricane Katrina is the latest in a series of major disasters that were not well managed, but it is not likely to be the last. Category 4 and category 5 hurricanes will, according to most predictions, become both more frequent and more intense in the future due to global warming and/or natural weather cycles. In addition, it is often said that another terrorist attack on the United States is inevitable; that it is a question of when, not whether. Add to that the scare over a possible avian flu pandemic. As a result, the United States should expect that disaster response--to natural and other types of disasters--will continue to be of vital concern to the American public and the…

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List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.946




Disaster response in the United States : how the system is supposed to work



When the system fails



Disaster relief and the military : civil defense and homeland security



Hurricane Agnes, Three Mile Island, and the establishment of FEMA



Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew



Hurricane Katrina



Two other models



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