The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions
By: John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
Contributors: Dovers, Stephen.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781844073597
Subjects: Emergency management.; Disaster relief.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the context and aims of this book; title: Constructing the problem; title: The nature of emergencies and disasters; title: The nature of policy and institutions; title: Constructing the response; title: A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters; title: Owning the problem : politics, participation and communication; title: Framing the problem : identifying and analyzing risk; title: Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation; title: Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation and learning; title: Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters; title: Constructing the future; title: Future prospects.