Disaster Management Handbook

Disaster Management Handbook
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : 9781420058635
ISBN-13 : 1420058630
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Download or read book Disaster Management Handbook written by Jack Pinkowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot control all the causes, we can prepare and respond. We


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