Principles of emergency planning and management / David Alexander.

By:

Alexander, David (David E.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0195218388

Subject(s):

Emergency management

LOC classification:

HV551.2 .A54 2002

Contents:

Subject: "[This] book provides a general introduction to the methods, procedures, protocols and strategies of emergency planning, with emphasis on siuations in idustrialised countries and the local level of organisation (i.e. cities, municipalities, metropolitan areas and small regions), though with ample reference to national and international levels. Rather than concentrating on the practices of any one country or state, the author focuses on general prinicples." -- BACK COVER.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-329) and index.

1. Aims, purpose and scope of emergency planning -- 2. Methodology: making and using maps -- 3. Methodology: analytical techniques -- 4. The emergency plan and its activation -- 5. The plan in practice: emergency management -- 6. Specialized planning -- 7. Reconstruction planning -- 8. Emergency-management training -- 9. Concluding thoughts.

"[This] book provides a general introduction to the methods, procedures, protocols and strategies of emergency planning, with emphasis on siuations in idustrialised countries and the local level of organisation (i.e. cities, municipalities, metropolitan areas and small regions), though with ample reference to national and international levels. Rather than concentrating on the practices of any one country or state, the author focuses on general prinicples." -- BACK COVER.

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