Book of Donmon Teith

Now updated with examples through 2010, this classic study examines the disruptive effects of disasters on patterns of human behavior and the operations of gove

Why does government sometimes do a superlative job handling natural disaster situations while at other times, as in the case of Hurricane Katrina, it performs e

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volu

Now updated with examples through 2010, this classic study examines the disruptive effects of disasters on patterns of human behavior and the operations of gove

This book reflects an important shift in society's definition of disaster. For centuries catastrophic events have been considered "acts of God" and therefore un