HCBE Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Emergency management on a grand scale: A bureaucrat's analysis
Book Title
Handbook of crisis and emergency management
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9780824704223
Publication Date
6-22-2001
Editors
Farazmand, A.
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
Marcel Dekker
City
New York, NY
Disciplines
Business
NSUWorks Citation
Carroll, John J., "Emergency management on a grand scale: A bureaucrat's analysis" (2001). HCBE Faculty Books and Book Chapters. 116.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facbooks/116