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Protecting seniors against environmental disasters : from hazards and vulnerability to prevention and resilience / Michael R Greenberg.
LIBRA HV1465 .G74 2014
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Van Pelt Library HV1465 .G74 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenberg, Michael R., author.
- Series:
- Earthscan risk in society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Services for--United States.
- Older people.
- Older people--Services for.
- Older disaster victims.
- Environmental disasters.
- United States.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Environmental disasters--United States.
- Natural disasters--United States.
- Natural disasters.
- Older disaster victims--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
- Summary:
- "This book connects the dots between two powerful trends in the US: the rapid growth of the 65+ year old population and the marked increase in natural and human-caused environmental disasters. Inevitably, these two trends lead to more environmental disasters disproportionately impacting seniors, unless coordinated planning, regulations, and practice focus on identifying best risk management practices and implementing them. Built on a risk analysis framework, this book uses literature, interviews and case studies to find the best lessons learned about how to prevent seniors' exposure to low probability but high consequence events and how to protect the 65+ year old population when these events do occur"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction to the Baby-Boom Generation and Risk Analysis 1
- 2 The Baby-Boom Imperative 9
- 3 Risk Assessment: Experiences of Seniors in Low-Probability, High-Consequence Environmental Hazard Events 25
- 4 Risk Management: Local, State, and the Federal Government 50
- 5 Risk Management: Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Organizations 72
- 6 Risk Management: Seniors. Assistants, Family, and Friends 99
- 7 New Jersey's Three Recent Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Experiences and Lessons Learned 122
- 8 Recommendations: Increasing Mitigation and Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415842013
- 0415842018
- OCLC:
- 880929460
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