Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security

by Richard Sylves

Book Overview

In the Second Edition of Disaster Policy and Politics, author Richard Sylves provides much-needed contemporary coverage of the fields of disaster management and homeland security interspersed with mini-case studies of events such as the Tuscaloosa tornado; the Boston Marathon bombing; Superstorm Sandy; the Boulder, Colorado floods of 2013; Japan's quake-tsunami and ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster; as well as Hurricane...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483307816
• ISBN13: 9781483307817
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.0"