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Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions : 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 institutionsMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge/Earthscan, 2013Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 200 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849713504 (hbk); 9781849713511 (pbk.); 9780203109762 (ebk)Subject(s): Disaster Planning -- organization & administration | Climate Change | Disasters -- prevention & control | Public PolicyDDC classification: 363.34/8 LOC classification: HV551.2 | .H36 2013NLM classification: WA 295
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

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.

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