Springer - Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy 2011 eBook-AXA

Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy: SUB TITLE: Implementation, Organizational Choice, and Contextual Dynamics: AUTHOR: Daniel J. Alesch,Lucy A. Arendt,William Petak: PUBLISHER: Springer: CATEGORIES: -: RELEASE DATE: 2012-07-21 PUBLISH DATE: 2011-10-01: ISBN-10: 9400722346 PAGES: 238: ISBN-13: 9789400722347 LANGUAGE: English: The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and

growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience

reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always

yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling

interdisciplinary analysis of California's efforts to ensure that acute

care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in the

aftermath. The book weaves together several threads essential to

understanding the effectiveness of public policies intended to reduce

the consequences of natural hazard events: public policy design and

administration, the hazard mitigation investment decision made by

targeted organizations, and contextual dynamics. "A terrific study of

shortfalls in the implementation of risk-reduction policy -- highly

readable, full of insights, and very policy relevant." Peter J. May

Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor of American Politics

University of Washington, Seattle USA "This is an exceptional book by

three of the leading hazard mitigation researchers and must reading for

both scholars and practitioners in the field." William A. Anderson

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences ALEXANDRIA: The Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of Alexandria, in: Alexandria, Egypt, was the largest and most significant great library: of the ancient world. It flourished under the patronage of the: Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from: its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of: Egypt in 30 BC. The library was conceived and opened either during the: reign of Ptolemy I Soter (323-283 BC) or during the reign of his son: Ptolemy II (283-246 BC). /: