Disaster and Crisis Management - 9781138098909

Name: Disaster and Crisis Management - 9781138098909
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Disaster and Crisis ManagementPublic Management Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Naim Kapucu, Arjen Boin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138098909, 978-1138098909\nSynopsis\nA 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. \n\nWhat have we learned? What has changed in the management of disasters and crises?.