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Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management by Nicolas A. Valcik; Paul E. Tracy
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 1439883173
Publication Date: 2013
Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management details a selection of emergencies—more than 50—that actually occurred.
Mapping Vulnerability by Greg Bankoff (Editor); Georg Frerks (Editor); Dorothea Hilhorst (Editor)
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 1136561617
Publication Date: 2013
The key to understanding the causes of disasters and mitigating their impacts is the concept of 'vulnerability'. Mapping Vulnerability analyses 'vulnerability' as a concept central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact.