Introduction to international disaster management / Damon P. Coppola.

By:

Coppola, Damon P [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier/Butterworth-Hein, [2015]Edition: Third editionDescription: xxiv, 733 pages : illustrations, maps some color ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780128014776
0128014776

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HV 553 C69 2015

NLM classification:

WA 295

Online resources:

Publisher description

Contents:

The Management of Disasters -- Hazards -- Risk and Vulnerability -- Mitigation -- Preparedness -- Response -- Recovery -- Participants: Governmental Disaster Management Agencies -- Participants: Non-Governmental Organizations, Including the Private Sector and Academia -- Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions -- Special Considerations.

Summary: This comprehensive overview of global emergency management provides practitioners and students alike with an understanding of the disaster management profession by using a global perspective, including the different sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that exist to manage hazard risk, and the many stakeholders involved. This update examines the impact of recent large-scale and catastrophic disaster events on countries and communities, as well as their influence on disaster risk reduction efforts worldwide. It expands coverage of small-island developing states and explores the achievements of the United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) and the priorities for action in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction currently under development.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	General Circulation Section-GF	HV 553 C69 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00030503
Book	TUP Manila Library			Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This comprehensive overview of global emergency management provides practitioners and students alike with an understanding of the disaster management profession by using a global perspective, including the different sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that exist to manage hazard risk, and the many stakeholders involved. This update examines the impact of recent large-scale and catastrophic disaster events on countries and communities, as well as their influence on disaster risk reduction efforts worldwide. It expands coverage of small-island developing states and explores the achievements of the United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) and the priorities for action in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction currently under development.

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