Communicable crises : prevention, response, and recovery in the global arena /

Other Authors: Gibbons, Deborah E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., c2007
Series:Research in public management
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245 0 0 |a Communicable crises :   |b prevention, response, and recovery in the global arena /   |c edited by Deborah E. Gibbons 
260 |a Charlotte, N.C. :   |b Information Age Pub.,   |c c2007 
300 |a xii, 382 p. ;   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm 
490 1 |a Research in public management 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references 
505 0 |a Foreword / Fred Thompson -- Preface / Deborah E. Gibbons -- Against desperate peril: high performance in emergency preparation and response / Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt -- Anticipating rude surprises: reflections on "crisis management" without end / Todd R. La Porte -- Technological transformation of logistics in support of crisis management / Richard A. Braunbeck III and Michael F. Mastria -- Improving disaster management through structured flexibility among frontline responders / Claudia Seifert -- Asymmetric information processes in extreme events: the December 26, 2004 Sumatran earthquake and tsunami / Louise K. Comfort -- Emergent institutionalism: the United Kingdom's response to the BSE epidemic / Chris Ansell and Jane Gingrich -- Maximizing the impact of disaster response by nonprofit organizations and volunteers / Deborah E. Gibbons -- How governments can help businesses weather a cataclysmic disaster / Roxanne Zolin and Fredric Kropp -- Globalization and international communicable crises: a case study of SARs / Teri Jane Bryant, Ilan Vertinsky, and Carolyne Smart -- Constraints on the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks / Alasdair Roberts -- Support for crisis management in Asia-Pacific: lessons from ADB in the past decade / Clay Wescott -- Synthesizing perspectives on management of communicable crises / Deborah E. Gibbons -- About the authors 
650 0 |a Emergency management 
650 0 |a Emergency communication systems 
700 1 |a Gibbons, Deborah E. 
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