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Mobile technology and the transformation of public alert and warning / Hamilton Bean ; foreword by Art Botterell.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bean, Hamilton, author.
Contributor:
Botterell, Art, writer of foreword.
Series:
Praeger security international (Series)
Praeger security international
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Emergency communication systems.
Mobile communication systems.
Telephone--Emergency reporting systems.
Telephone.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvi, 207 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger Security International, [2019]
Summary:
"This timely book provides the inside story of the development of mobile public alert and warning technology in the United States and addresses similar systems being used in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
"This Is Not a Drill"
Public Alert and Warning in the Era of Mobility
Struggle over the Design of the Wireless Emergency Alerts System
Risks: Disasters in California
Trust: Falst Ballistic Missile Threat in Hawaii
Appropriate Use: Blue Alerts and Presidential Alerts
International Developments
The Future of Mobile Public Alert and Warning.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9798216118312
9781440866036
1440866031
OCLC:
1111653748

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