TY - BOOK AU - Handmer,John W. AU - Dovers,Stephen TI - The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions SN - 9781844073597 (hardback) PY - 0000///24 cm CY - xvii, 187 p. PB - ill KW - Emergency management KW - Disaster relief N1 - Introduction : the context and aims of this book -- Constructing the problem -- The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- Constructing the response -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem : politics, participation and communication -- Framing the problem : identifying and analyzing risk -- Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters -- Constructing the future -- Future prospects UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024313.html ER -