Handbook of disaster policies and institutions
Subtitle: improving emergency management and climate change adaptation
By: John Handmer and Stephen Dovers
Contributors: Dovers, Stephen
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge/Earthscan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781849713504; 9781849713511; 9780203109762
Subjects: Prevention & control; Climate Change; Public Policy; Disaster Planning; Organization & administration; Disasters
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of emergencies and disasters; title: The nature of policy and institutions; title: A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters; title: Owning the problem : politics, participation, and communication; title: Framing the problem : identifying and analysing risk; title: Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation; title: Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation, and learning; title: Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters : form, function, and coordination; title: Future prospects.