Handbook of Emergency Management
Subtitle: Programs and Policies Dealing with Major Hazards and Disasters
Contributors: William L. Waugh (Editor); Ronald John Hy (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: December 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780313256912
Subjects: Emergency services; Occupational / industrial health & safety; Social impact of disasters; Disaster Relief Services; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Health/Fitness; USA; Public Policy - General; Political Science / Public Policy; Disaster relief; Management; United States
First sentence: One of the more telling applications of the fundamental values of a society can be found in how that society responds to risk, particularly risk that may result in major losses of human life and/or property.