Disaster Management Handbook

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Disaster Management Handbook

Author	: Jack Pinkowski
File Size	: 52,9 Mb
Publisher	: CRC Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 22 January 2008
ISBN	: 9781420058635
Pages	: 624 pages

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Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot control all the causes, we can prepare and respond. We

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