Disasters are different : therefore planning for and managing them requires innovative as well as traditional behaviors.

Contributor(s):

Quarantelli, E. L. (Enrico Louis), 1924-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 221Publication details: [Newark, Del.] : ; AEMIBK University of Delaware, 1 995Description: 24 pSubject(s):

DDC classification:

363.348 21

Subject: The major overall theme is that since disasters, as a whole, differ significantly from even everyday emergencies, to plan for and to manage them requires new or innovative as well as traditional behaviors. Discusses this general theme by organizing remarks around ten general points, with four about the nature of disasters and four about the planning and managing processes required to deal effectively and efficiently with the crises created by such social occasions

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.348 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005742847

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The major overall theme is that since disasters, as a whole, differ significantly from even everyday emergencies, to plan for and to manage them requires new or innovative as well as traditional behaviors. Discusses this general theme by organizing remarks around ten general points, with four about the nature of disasters and four about the planning and managing processes required to deal effectively and efficiently with the crises created by such social occasions

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