Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Louise Comfort (Editor), Arjen Boin (Editor), Chris Demchak (Editor)Publish date:2010-09-19Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822960614ISBN-10:822960613UPC:9780822960614Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:TerrorismSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCCCQW8W0Z
Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events
In the wake of severe climatic events and terrorist acts, and the emergence of dangerous technologies, communities, nations, and global organizations have diligently sought to create strategies to prepare for such events. Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822960614ISBN-10:822960613UPC:9780822960614Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:TerrorismSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCCCQW8W0Z
Louise K. Comfort is professor of public and urban affairs and director of the Center for Disaster Management at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Contributor(s)
Louise Comfort (Editor), Arjen Boin (Editor), Chris Demchak (Editor)
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