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Author:

Perrow, Charles.

Title:

The next catastrophe : reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters / Charles Perrow.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 377 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Emergency management--United States.
Disasters--Government policy--United States.
Risk management--United States.
Hazard mitigation--United States.
Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Security measures--United States.
Rampen.
Kwetsbaarheid.
Veiligheid.
Risk management.
Overheidsbeleid.
Terrorisme.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.

Contents:

Shrink the targets -- "Natural" disasters? -- The government response : the first FEMA -- The disaster after 9/11 : the Department of Homeland Security and the new FEMA -- Are terrorists as dangerous as management? -- Better vulnerability through chemistry -- Disastrous concentration in the national power grid -- Concentration and terror on the Internet -- The enduring sources of failure : organizational, executive, and regulatory -- Appendix A: Three types of redundancy -- Appendix B: Networks of small firms.

ISBN:

0691129975 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691129976 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006037984

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)