Communicable Crises - Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global Arena

Communicable Crises - Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global Arena

von: Gibbons, Deborah E.

IAP - Information Age Publishing, 2007

ISBN: 9781607528074 , 397 Seiten

Format: PDF

Kopierschutz: DRM

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Preis: 62,33 EUR

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Communicable Crises - Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global Arena


 

Cover

1

Contents

5

Foreword

7

Preface

11

1. Against Desperate Peril: High Performance inEmergency Preparation and Response

13

2. Anticipating Rude Surprises: Reflections on�Crisis ManagementŽ Without End

39

3. Technological Transformation of Logistics inSupport of Crisis Management

59

4. Improving Disaster Management Through StructuredFlexibility Among Frontline Responders

95

5. Asymmetric Information Processes in Extreme Events:The December 26, 2004 Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami

149

6. Emergent Institutionalism: The United Kingdom’s Response tothe BSE Epidemic

181

7. Maximizing the Impact of Disaster Response byNonprofit Organizations and Volunteers

215

8. How Governments Can Help Businesses Weather aCataclysmic Disaster

253

9. Globalization and International Communicable Crises:A Case Study of SARS

277

10. Constraints on the U.S. Response to the 9/11 Attacks

312

11. Support for Crisis Management in Asia-Pacific: Lessons FromADB in the Past Decade

334

12. Synthesizing Perspectives on Management ofCommunicable Crises

365

About the Authors

387