The next catastrophe: reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters.

Perrow, Charles

Published by Princeton University Press, 2011

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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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The next catastrophe: reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2011
• Binding: Soft cover