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Auerswald, Philip.

Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response :How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response :
Reminder of title:	How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability.
Author:	Auerswald, Philip.
other author:	Branscomb, Lewis M.
Published:	Leiden :Cambridge University Press,2006.
Description:	578 p.
Subject:	Emergency management.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511509735 (electronic bk.)

Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response :How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability.
Auerswald, Philip.

Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response :How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability.[electronic resource]. - Leiden :Cambridge University Press,2006. - 578 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge; 2 A Nation Forewarned: Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure in the Twenty-First Century; 3 The Brittle Superpower; 4 Critical Infrastructure Protection in the United States Since 1993; 5 Evolution of Vulnerability Assessment Methods; 6 Managing for the Unexpected: Reliability and Organizational Resilience; 7 Notes Toward a Theory of the Management of Vulnerability

Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response describes the economic, organizational, and institutional actions required to improve the continuity and recovery of vital public services in event of disaster. This is the first book to describe the fundamental trade-offs between private efficiency and public vulnerability in an open society.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511509735 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

202270
Emergency management.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV551.2 .S44 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.3460973

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