Introduction to emergency management
By: George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock with contributions by Damon P. Coppola
Contributors: Bullock, Jane A.; Coppola, Damon P.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series; Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780080478661
Subjects: Emergency management; Emergencies; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Prevention & control; Terrorism; Disaster Planning; Disasters & Disaster Relief
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The historical context of emergency management; title: Natural and technological hazards and risk assessment; title: The disciplines of emergency management : mitigation; title: The disciplines of emergency management : response; title: The disciplines of emergency management : recovery; title: The disciplines of emergency management : preparedness; title: The disciplines of emergency management : communications; title: International disaster management; title: Emergency management and the new terrorist threat; title: The future of emergency management.