The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters
@inproceedings{Perrow2007TheNC, title={The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters}, author={C. Perrow}, year={2007} }
Preface to the Paperback Edition vii Acknowledgments xlix Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters li Chapter 1 Shrink the Targets 1 Chapter 2 "Natural" Disasters? 14 Part Two: Can Government Help? 41 Chapter 3 The Government Response: The First FEMA 43 Chapter 4 The Disaster after 9/11: The Department of Homeland Security and a New FEMA 68 Part Three: The Disastrous Private Sector 131 Chapter 5 Are Terrorists as Dangerous as Management? The Nuclear Plant Threat 133 Chapter 6 Better… Expand
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