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Disaster relief : organizations, speed and efficiency of response, and roles / editor, Kristin O. Reed.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster relief.
- Disaster relief--Government policy.
- Emergency management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Federal agencies provide a range of assistance to individual victims; state, territorial, and local governments; and, non-governmental entities after major disasters, including certain terrorist attacks. This book identifies programs pertinent to the recovery process.
- Contents:
- Organizational learning (OL) in emergency risk communication : comparing the Chinese government's responses in two public health crises / Juyan Zhang
- Children in disaster relief : a review of best practices / Jennifer Baggerly, Annette M. La Greca and others
- The 2009 influenza pandemic : U.S. responses to global human cases / Tiaji Salaam-Blyther
- Agricultural disaster assistance / Dennis A. Shields, Ralph M. Chite
- Disaster relief funding and emergency supplemental appropriations / Bruce R. Lindsay, Justin Murray
- Federal disaster recovery programs : brief summaries / Carolyn V. Torsell
- Federal Stafford Act disaster assistance : presidential declarations, eligible activities, and funding / Keith Bea
- The national commission on children and disasters : overview and issues / Natalie Keegan
- The national response framework : overview and possible issues for Congress / Bruce R. Lindsay
- The public health and medical response to disasters : federal authority and funding / Sarah A. Lister
- Repairing and reconstructing : disaster-damaged roads and bridges : the role of federal-aid highway assistance / Robert S. Kirk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61122-223-0
- OCLC:
- 847647844
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