The Next Catastrophe : Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Paperback ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.34/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Emergency management - United States
Disasters - Government policy - United States Risk management - United States Hazard mitigation - United States Terrorism - United States - Prevention Infrastructure (Economics) - Security measures - United States |
ISBN |
9786613845887
1-4008-3851-7 1-283-53343-X 1-282-15820-1 9786612158209 1-4008-2759-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition. Continuing Catastrophe -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters -- 1. Shrink the Targets -- 2. "Natural" Disasters? -- Part Two: Can Government Help? -- 3. The Government Response The First FEMA -- 4. The Disaster after 9/11: The Department of Homeland Security and a New FEMA -- Part Three: The Disastrous Private Sector -- 5. Are Terrorists as Dangerous as Management? The Nuclear Plant Threat -- 6. Better Vulnerability through Chemistry -- 7. Disastrous Concentration in the National Power Grid -- 8. Concentration and Terror on the Internet -- Part Four: What Is to Be Done? -- 9. The Enduring Sources of Failure: Organizational, Executive, and Regulatory -- Appendix A: Three Types of Redundancy -- Appendix B: Networks of Small Firms -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172222903321 |
Perrow Charles | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Next Catastrophe : Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Paperback ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.34/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Emergency management - United States
Disasters - Government policy - United States Risk management - United States Hazard mitigation - United States Terrorism - United States - Prevention Infrastructure (Economics) - Security measures - United States |
ISBN |
9786613845887
1-4008-3851-7 1-283-53343-X 1-282-15820-1 9786612158209 1-4008-2759-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition. Continuing Catastrophe -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters -- 1. Shrink the Targets -- 2. "Natural" Disasters? -- Part Two: Can Government Help? -- 3. The Government Response The First FEMA -- 4. The Disaster after 9/11: The Department of Homeland Security and a New FEMA -- Part Three: The Disastrous Private Sector -- 5. Are Terrorists as Dangerous as Management? The Nuclear Plant Threat -- 6. Better Vulnerability through Chemistry -- 7. Disastrous Concentration in the National Power Grid -- 8. Concentration and Terror on the Internet -- Part Four: What Is to Be Done? -- 9. The Enduring Sources of Failure: Organizational, Executive, and Regulatory -- Appendix A: Three Types of Redundancy -- Appendix B: Networks of Small Firms -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996200059603316 |
Perrow Charles | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Organizing America [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.35 |
Soggetto topico |
Organizational behavior - United States - History - 19th century
Big business - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612129391
1-4008-2508-3 1-282-12939-2 1-4008-1453-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preparing the Ground -- Chapter 3. Toward Hierarchy: The Mills of Manayunk -- Chapter 4. Toward Hierarchy and Networks -- Chapter 5. Railroads, the Second Big Business -- Chapter 6. The Organizational Imprinting -- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix. Alternative Theories Where Organizations Are the Dependent Variable -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454793303321 |
Perrow Charles | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Organizing America [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.35 |
Soggetto topico |
Organizational behavior - United States - History - 19th century
Big business - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
9786612129391
1-4008-2508-3 1-282-12939-2 1-4008-1453-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preparing the Ground -- Chapter 3. Toward Hierarchy: The Mills of Manayunk -- Chapter 4. Toward Hierarchy and Networks -- Chapter 5. Railroads, the Second Big Business -- Chapter 6. The Organizational Imprinting -- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix. Alternative Theories Where Organizations Are the Dependent Variable -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779902703321 |
Perrow Charles | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Organizing America : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.35 |
Soggetto topico |
Organizational behavior - United States - History - 19th century
Big business - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
9786612129391
1-4008-2508-3 1-282-12939-2 1-4008-1453-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preparing the Ground -- Chapter 3. Toward Hierarchy: The Mills of Manayunk -- Chapter 4. Toward Hierarchy and Networks -- Chapter 5. Railroads, the Second Big Business -- Chapter 6. The Organizational Imprinting -- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix. Alternative Theories Where Organizations Are the Dependent Variable -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809364703321 |
Perrow Charles | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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