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Disaster and Crisis Management - Public Management Perspectives (Hardcover)
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A wide range of natural hazards pose major risks to the lives and
livelihoods of large populations around the world. Man-made
disasters caused by technological failures, industrial accidents,
spillages, explosions, and fires, compound this threat. Since 9/11,
security threats based on violence (terrorism, insurgency, and
civil strife) have attracted much governmental attention and a
great deal of public resources. As the scale, frequency, and
intensity of disasters and crises have dramatically increased over
the last decade, the failures in responding to these crises have
prompted a critical need to evaluate the way in which the public
sector responds to disaster. What have we learned? What has changed
in the management of disasters and crises? What do we know about
the causes, patterns, and consequences of these events? This book
looks at some of the approaches that can be taken to empirically
examine disaster and crisis management practices. It contributes to
the literature on crisis and disaster management, as well as social
policy and planning. Introducing approaches that are applicable to
a variety of circumstances in the U.S. and in other countries, it
offers ways to think through policy interventions and governance
mechanisms that may enhance societal resilience. This book was
originally published as a special issue of Public Management
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