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008 120302s2012 flu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781466517530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHV551.3$b.E46 2012
082 00 $a363.340973/0904$223
245 00 $aEmergency management :$bthe American experience, 1900-2010 /$ceditor, Claire B. Rubin.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aBoca Raton, FL :$bCRC Press,$c2012.
263 $a1204
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin -- Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler -- The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea -- Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves -- Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald -- 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter -- The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald -- Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010 -- From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- Suggested readings -- About the authors -- Index.
650 0 $aEmergency management$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNatural disasters$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHazard mitigation$zUnited States.
700 1 $aRubin, Claire B.