Disaster Emergency Management : The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters

State University of New York Press

Disaster Emergency ManagementThe Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters\nAuthor(s): Liza Ireni Saban\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438452425, 978-1438452425\nSynopsis\nExamines how public officials in the US, China, Japan, and Indonesia have interacted with communities affected by natural disasters.\n\nSurvival in times of disaster is a question of utmost importance to both the victims of those events and to the professionals and people in authority who are there to serve them. In Disaster Emergency Management, Liza Ireni Saban examines what leads some nations, communities, and individuals to rise to the occasion during these times of trauma, while others do not. Utilizing case studies of China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States, she focuses in particular on the dilemma faced by local emergency officials who, rather than elected officia.