The unthinkable : who survives when disaster strikes and why / Amanda Ripley.

By:

Ripley, Amanda

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 266 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780307352897

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

155.9/35 22

LOC classification:

BF698.35.R47 R57 2008

Contents:

Denial -- Deliberation -- The decisive moment.

Subject: Prize-winning journalist Ripley illuminates how humans function--or don't--in the first moments of catastrophe. Deconstructing in vivid detail some of the world's most harrowing catastrophes, Ripley reveals the three stages of disaster response. 8-page full-color insert.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	155.935 RIP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900184178

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Denial -- Deliberation -- The decisive moment.

Prize-winning journalist Ripley illuminates how humans function--or don't--in the first moments of catastrophe. Deconstructing in vivid detail some of the world's most harrowing catastrophes, Ripley reveals the three stages of disaster response. 8-page full-color insert.

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