Catastrophic impact and loss the capstone of impact assessment

The author's previous work, Managing Emerging Risk: The Capstone of Preparedness considered the notion of risk and what constitutes risk assessment. It presented scenarios to introduce readers to areas of critical thinking around probability and possibility. Six months after the book's pub...

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Autor principal: Burton, Kevin D. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : CRC Press 2013.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:The author's previous work, Managing Emerging Risk: The Capstone of Preparedness considered the notion of risk and what constitutes risk assessment. It presented scenarios to introduce readers to areas of critical thinking around probability and possibility. Six months after the book's publication, many of the scenarios came true, and other, more menacing risks emerged. Catastrophic Impact and Loss: The Capstone of Impact Assessment is the second stone to be laid in a path toward a more mindful practice of emergency management, focusing on the impacts caused by ris
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (335 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780429253355
9781466589117
9781466504653