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UNINA9910452930803321 |
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Autore |
Knowles Scott Gabriel |
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Titolo |
The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
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1-283-89855-1 |
0-8122-0799-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Collana |
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The City in the Twenty-First Century |
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Disciplina |
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Emergency management - United States - History - 20th century |
Emergency management - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
Disasters - United States - History - 20th century |
Disaster relief - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
Risk assessment - United States - History - 20th century |
Hazard mitigation - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Devil's Privilege -- 2. Reforming Fire -- 3. The Invisible Screen of Safety -- 4. Ten to Twenty Million Killed, Tops -- 5. What Is a Disaster? -- 6. A Nation of Hazards -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for buildings, and then allowing structures like the Twin Towers-tall, impressive, and risky-to go up as design experiments? Why prepare for terrorist attacks above all else when floods, fires, and earthquakes pose far more consistent threats to American life and prosperity?The Disaster Experts takes on these questions, offering historical context for understanding who the |
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experts are that influence these decisions, how they became powerful, and why they are only slightly closer today than a decade ago to protecting the public from disasters. Tracing the intertwined development of disaster expertise, public policy, and urbanization over the past century, historian Scott Gabriel Knowles tells the fascinating story of how this diverse collection of professionals-insurance inspectors, engineers, scientists, journalists, public officials, civil defense planners, and emergency managers-emerged as the authorities on risk and disaster and, in the process, shaped modern America. |
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UNISA996393978003316 |
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Titolo |
By the King, a proclamation for due execution of the late act of Parliament against importing cattel from Ireland, and other parts beyond the seas [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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In the Savoy [London], : Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1667 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Charles, King of England, <1630-1685.> |
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Animal industry - Law and legislation - England |
Cattle trade - England |
Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 |
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Monografia |
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"Given at our court at Whitehall the thirtieth of September, 1667." |
Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. |
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UNINA9910696439303321 |
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Titolo |
Ambient water quality criteria recommendations [[electronic resource] ] : information supporting the development of state and tribal nutrient criteria for lakes and reservoirs in nutrient ecoregion VI : Corn Belt and Northern Great Plains, including all or parts of the states of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and authorized Tribes within the ecoregion |
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Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Health and Ecological Criteria Division, , [2000] |
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Edizione |
[[Region VI ed.].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 volume (various pagings) : digital, PDF file |
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Water quality - Standards - Middle West |
Nutrient pollution of water - Middle West |
Water - Pollution - Middle West |
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Monografia |
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Title from title screen (viewed on June 27, 2003). |
"December 2000." |
"EPA-822-B-00-008." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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