HCBE Faculty Books and Book Chapters
The Potential for Disaster: A Case Study of the Powell-Duffryn Chemical Fire and Hazardous Material Spill
Book Title
Handbook of Crisis and Emergency Management
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
978-0824704223
Publication Date
6-22-2001
Description
Including contributions from sixty international authors, this book examines emergency responses to environmental dangers such as chemical fires, hazardous material and oil spills, nuclear reactor accidents, and earthquakes, and crises in the environment, global public service, and politics. It covers a wide range of international issues and topics, using various analyses, including critical, descriptive, empirical, quantitative, and normative methods. The book discusses approaches to natural disasters, resolutions to cultural, religious, and political tensions, terrorism and the potential use of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, the role of crisis public relations, and more.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis / CRC Press
City
Boca Raton, FL
Disciplines
Business
NSUWorks Citation
Pinkowski, Jack, "The Potential for Disaster: A Case Study of the Powell-Duffryn Chemical Fire and Hazardous Material Spill" (2001). HCBE Faculty Books and Book Chapters. 108.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facbooks/108
Additional Information
pp. 443-449