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LEADER: 02107cam a2200385 a 4500
001 2006037984
003 DLC
005 20071003083258.0
008 061114s2007 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006037984
015 $aGBA716305$2bnb
016 7 $a013683464$2Uk
020 $a9780691129976 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0691129975 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76820658
035 $a(OCoLC)76820658
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dYDXCP$dUKM$dIXA$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHV551.3$b.P45 2007
082 00 $a363.34/7$222
100 1 $aPerrow, Charles.
245 14 $aThe next catastrophe :$breducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters /$cCharles Perrow.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2007.
300 $aviii, 377 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.
505 0 $aShrink 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.
650 0 $aEmergency management$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDisasters$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRisk management$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHazard mitigation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention.
650 0 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$xSecurity measures$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006037984.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006037984-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006037984-b.html