MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aHV551.3$b.E46 2007
082 00 $a363.340973/0904$222
245 00 $aEmergency management :$bthe American experience, 1900-2005 /$cClaire B. Rubin, editor.
260 $aFairfax, Va. :$bPublic Entity Risk Institute,$c2007.
300 $aix, 274 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.
505 00 $g[Ch. 1.]$tAn introduction to a century of disaster response and emergency management, from Galveston to New Orleans /$rClaire B. Rubin --$gch. 2.$tFocusing events in the early twentieth century: a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic /$rDavid Butler --$gch. 3.$tThe expanding role of the federal government, 1927-1950 --$tThe formative years, 1950-1978 /$rKeith Bea --$gch. 5.$tFederal emergency management comes of age, 1979-2001 /$rRichard T. Sylves --$gch. 6.$tEmergency management restructured: intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 /$rJohn R. Harrald --$gch. 7.$t2005 events and outcomes: Hurricane Katrina and beyond /$rMelanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter --$gch. 8.$tFrom a painful past to an uncertain future /$rRobert Ward and Gary Wamsley.
650 0 $aEmergency management$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNatural disasters$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHazard mitigation$zUnited States.
700 1 $aRubin, Claire B.
710 2 $aPublic Entity Risk Institute.