01340nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_188333 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 1666000 363.347 B623 Bissell, Rick Preparedness and response for catastrophic disasters Rick Bissell Boca Raton CRC Press/Taylor & Francis 2013 Based on a popular course for the FEMA Higher Education project, Preparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters provides important insight into plans to mitigate and respond to the devastation caused by large-scale catastrophic events. Hurricane Katrina provided clear evidence that these occurrences are both qualitatively and quantitatively different from other disasters. Recent tragedies, like the 2004 South Asia tsunami, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear plant meltdown in Japan further illustrate that we are not prepared for such events Preparedness,Disaster relief,Chuẩn bị sẵn sàng,Cứu trợ thiên tai,Emergency management,Quản lý sự cố Government policy,Chính sách chính phủ,Tài chính Tú Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ