Mega-crises
Subtitle: understanding the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of cataclysmic events
By: edited by Ira Helsloot ... et al
Publisher: Charles C Thomas
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780398086817; 9780398086824; 9780398086831
Subjects: Crisis management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The concept of mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; title: Introduction / Ira Helsloot, Arjen Boin, Brian Jacobs, Louise K. Comfort; title: The megacrisis unknown territory: in search of conceptual and strategic / Patrick Lagadec; title: Observations on the political and decision-making dimensions of response / Herman B. Leonard, Arnold M. Howitt; title: Crisis management of mega-natural disasters; title: Hurricane Katrina: crisis leadership that failed a country / John R. Harrald; title: Hurricane Katrina: the complex origins of a mega-disaster / Charles Parker, Eric Paglia; title: Hurricane Gustav: the management of a transboundary crisis / Arjen Boin, Jude Egan; title: Resilience, entropy, and efficiency in crisis management : the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake / Louise K. Comfort, Michael D. Siciliano, Aya Okada; title: The challenges of mega crisis management : the 2008 Sichuan earthquake / Lan Xue, Ling Zhou; title: The micro and macro dynamics of a mega-disaster : rethinking the Sri Lanka tsunami experience / Georg Frerks; title: Mega crisis management during the H1N1 pandemic : an argument for citizen and community engagement / Sandra Crouse Quinn, Ira Helsloot; title: Crisis management of manmade mega-crisis; title: The making of a mega-crisis : 9/11 as a case for the concept / Tricia Wachtendorf, James M. Kendra; title: The London bombings of July 7, 2005 / David Alexander; title: The Mumbai terrorist attacks 2008 / Ivar Hellberg, Erwin Muller; title: How impunity and Kenya's 2008 post elections violence set fire on east Africa's "island of peace" / Cyprian Nyamwamu, Njeri Kabeberi, Augustine Magolowondo; title: Mega crisis in fragile states / Rob de Wijk; title: Corporate meltdowns / Les Coleman; title: The post-subprime crisis global credit crunch / Matthew Watson; title: The subprime crisis / Don M. Chance; title: Megacities under adversity : ideology, risk, and good urban governance / Brian Jacobs; title: Identifying mega-threats and vulnerabilities; title: The Olympic games : coping with risks and vulnerabilities of a mega-event / Will Jennings, Martin Lodge; title: Energy : exploring complexity as a dynamic vulnerability in high-voltage electricity grids / Mark de Bruijne; title: Global climate change as environmental megacrisis / Joanna Endter-Wada, Helen Ingram; title: The Dutch delta : a mega crisis waiting to happen? / Karen Engel, Bas Kolen, Herman van der Most, Kees van Ruiten; title: Risks to food security : contingency planning for agri-megacrises / Hendrik J. Bruins; title: Megacrises and the internet : risks, incentives, and externalities / Michel van Eeten, Johannes M. Bauer.