Title Disaster Resilience : National Imperative

Published Washington : National Academies Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) Contents FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 The Nation�s Agenda for Disaster Resilience -- 2 The Foundation for Building a Resilient Nation: Understanding, Managing, and Reducing Disaster Risks -- 3 Making the Case for Resilience Investments: The Scope of the Challenge -- 4 Measuring Progress Toward Resilience -- 5 Building Local Capacity and Accelerating Progress: Resilience from the Bottom Up -- 6 The Landscape of Resilience Policy�Resilience from the Top Down 7 Putting the Pieces Together: Linking Communities and Governance to Guide National Resilience8 Building a More Resilient Nation: The Path Forward -- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographical Information -- Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Public Agendas -- Appendix C: Essential Hazard Monitoring Networks Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244) Notes English Print version record Subject Emergency management -- United States Emergency management -- Law and legislation -- United States Disaster relief -- United States. Disaster relief -- Law and legislation -- United States Disasters -- Law and legislation -- United States Disaster relief Disaster relief -- Law and legislation Disasters -- Law and legislation Emergency management Emergency management -- Law and legislation United States Form Electronic book Author Affairs, Policy and Global Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy ISBN 9780309261517 0309261511 0309261538 9780309261531

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