Disaster Response and Homeland Security: What Works, What Doesn't

by James F. Miskel

Book Overview

Hurricane Katrina is the latest in a series of major disasters that were not well managed, but it is not likely to be the last. Category 4 and category 5 hurricanes will, according to most predictions, become both more frequent and more intense in the future due to global warming and/or natural weather cycles. In addition, it is often said that another terrorist attack on the United States is inevitable; that it is a question of when, not whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027599211X
• ISBN13: 9780275992118
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"