Designing resilience
Subtitle: preparing for extreme events
By: edited by Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780822960614
Description: Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French preparedness for the Avian flu, are analyzed to determine effective and ineffective strategies.-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.