The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles |
Autore | Knowles Scott Gabriel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89855-1
0-8122-0799-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452930803321 |
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The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles |
Autore | Knowles Scott Gabriel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies General Political Science Public Policy Social Science Urban Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89855-1
0-8122-0799-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779473203321 |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
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Imagining Philadelphia [[electronic resource] ] : Edmund Bacon and the future of the city / / edited by Scott Gabriel Knowles |
Autore | Knowles Scott Gabriel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.1/21609748110904 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KnowlesScott Gabriel |
Soggetto topico |
City planning - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 20th century
City planners - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia City planning - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Architecture
Public Policy Religious Studies Urban Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89692-3
0-8122-0596-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Philadelphia in the year 2009 / Edmund N. Bacon -- Salesman of ideas : the life experiences that shaped Edmund Bacon / Gregory L. Heller -- A utopian, a utopianist, or whatever the heck it is : Edmund Bacon and the complexity of the city / Guian McKee -- Staying too long at the fair : Philadelphia planning and the debacle of 1976 / Scott Gabriel Knowles -- Philadelphia in the year 2059 / Harris M. Steinberg -- Afterword / Eugenie Birch. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788512203321 |
Knowles Scott Gabriel
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
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