Handbook of disaster policies and institutions improving emergency management and climate change adaptation /

Handmer, John W.

Handbook of disaster policies and institutions improving emergency management and climate change adaptation / [electronic resource] : John Handmer and Stephen Dovers. - 2nd ed. - London : Routledge/Earthscan, 2013. - xvi, 200 p. : ill.

Rev. ed. of: Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions. First published 2007 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem : politics, participation, and communication -- Framing the problem : identifying and analysing risk -- Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation, and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters : form, function, and coordination -- Future prospects.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203109762 (electronic bk.)




Emergency management.
Disaster relief.


Electronic books.

HV551.2 / .H36 2013

363.34/8