Handbook of disaster policies and institutions : improving emergency management and climate change adaptation / / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Handmer, John W.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dovers, Stephen.; Handmer, John W.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 200 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions.; First published 2007 by Routledge.

Table of Contents

• The nature of emergencies and disasters
• The nature of policy and institutions
• A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters
• Owning the problem : politics, participation, and communication
• Framing the problem : identifying and analysing risk
• Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation
• Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters : form, function, and coordination
• Future prospects.