Handbook of disaster policies and institutions [electronic resource] : improving emergency management and climate change adaptation / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.

By: Handmer, John WContributor(s): Dovers, Stephen | Handmer, John W. Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge/Earthscan, 2013Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 200 p. : illISBN: 9780203109762 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Emergency management | Disaster reliefGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.34/8 LOC classification: HV551.2 | .H36 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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