1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001189680203316

Autore

RESTAINO, Silvia

Titolo

Teoria e pratica : dell'analisi semimicroqualitativa / Silvia Restaino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Liguori, 1976

ISBN

88-207-0571-0

Edizione

[8.ed]

Descrizione fisica

498 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Collezione scolastica

Disciplina

547.34

Soggetti

Chimica analitica qualitativa organica

Collocazione

544.12 RES

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911004782303321

Autore

Haddow George D

Titolo

Introduction to emergency management / / George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Damon P. Coppola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Butterworth Heinemann, c2011

ISBN

1-282-88017-9

9786612880179

0-12-385908-5

1-85617-960-5

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BullockJane A

CoppolaDamon P

Disciplina

363.34/80973

363.347

363.3480973

Soggetti

Emergency management

Emergency management - United States

Communication in management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Introduction to Emergency Management; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management; What You'll Learn; Introduction; Early History: 1800-1950; The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense: the 1950s; Changes to Emergency Management: the 1960s; The Call for a National Focus on Emergency Management: the 1970s; Civil Defense Reappears as Nuclear Attack Planning: the 1980s; An Agency in Trouble: 1989-1992; The Witt Revolution: 1993-2001; Terrorism: 2001; The Steps Leading to the Katrina Debacle

Post-Katrina ChangesThe Future Environment of Emergency Management; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercise; 2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment; What You Will Learn; Introduction; Natural Hazards; Technological Hazards; Chemical; Biological; Radiological; Nuclear; Hazards Risk Management; Risk Management Technology; Social and Economic Risk



Factors; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation; What You'll Learn; Introduction; Mitigation Tools

Hazard Identification and MappingImpediments to Mitigation; Federal Mitigation Programs; The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program; Nonfederal Mitigation Grant Programs; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness; What You'll Learn; Introduction; A Systems Approach: The Preparedness Cycle; Mitigation versus Preparedness; Preparedness: The Emergency Operations Plan; Education and Training Programs; Emergency Management Exercises; Evaluation and Improvement; Preparedness: A National Effort

Preparedness Grant ProgramsBusiness Continuity Planning and Emergency Management; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 5. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications; What You'll Learn; Introduction; The Mission; Audiences/Customers; Communicating in the Era of Homeland Security; Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World; Building an Effective Disaster Communications Capability in a Changing Media World; Creating Effective Disaster Communications; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises

6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: ResponseWhat You'll Learn; Introduction; Local Response; State Response; Volunteer Group Response; Incident Command System; The Federal Response; Federal Assistance; Key Federal Response Officials; Other FEMA Response Resources; The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC); Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery; What You'll Learn; Introduction; The National Response Framework for Disaster Recovery Operations; FEMA's Individual Assistance Recovery Programs

FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Programs

Sommario/riassunto

Emergency management is a vibrant and growing field, driven by government spending in the wake of terrorist attacks and natural disasters and by private-sector hiring of risk managers and emergency planners. Practicing professionals need a book that provides a solid foundation in the principles of disaster planning, mitigation, response, communications, and recovery, and since 2003, Introduction to Emergency Management has led the market among introductory EM books. As climate change and development lead to more numerous and more costly disasters and as countries around the world con