Next Catastrophe Reducing Vulnerabilities by Perrow Charles (36 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries.…

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Perrow, Charles. The next catastrophe: reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters. Princeton University Press, 2011, 3d printing, L, 377pp., PAPERBACK, very good. CONTENTS: Preface to the Paperback Edition vii Acknowledgments xlix Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters - Shrink 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. ISBN 9780691150161.…

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Condition: New. 2011. With a New preface by the author. Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610. . . . . .…

Condition: New. 2011. With a New preface by the author. Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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