Disaster resilience : a national imperative / / Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/60973
• Soggetto topico: Emergency management - United States; Emergency management - Law and legislation - United States; Disaster relief - United States; Disaster relief - Law and legislation - United States; Disasters - Law and legislation - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 The Nation's Agenda for Disaster Resilience""; ""2 The Foundation for Building a Resilient Nation: Understanding, Managing, and Reducing Disaster Risks""; ""3 Making the Case for Resilience Investments: The Scope of the Challenge""; ""4 Measuring Progress Toward Resilience""; ""5 Building Local Capacity and Accelerating Progress: Resilience from the Bottom Up""; ""6 The Landscape of Resilience Policy "Resilience from the Top Down"" ; ""7 Putting the Pieces Together: Linking Communities and Governance to Guide National Resilience""""8 Building a More Resilient Nation: The Path Forward""; ""Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographical Information""; ""Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Public Agendas""; ""Appendix C: Essential Hazard Monitoring Networks""
• Titolo autorizzato: Disaster resilience
• ISBN: 0-309-26153-8; 0-309-26151-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789367103321
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