Disaster Planning & Recovery

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Published:
April 12, 2013
Author(s):
Betty Biringer; Eric Vugrin; Drake Warren
Security protections for critical infrastructure nodes are intended to minimize the risks resulting from an initiating event, whether it is an intentional malevolent act or a natural hazard. With an emphasis on protecting an infrastructure's ability to perform its mission or function, Critical 
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Published:
April 11, 2013
Author(s):
Robert S. Radvanovsky; Allan McDougall
Since the initial inception of this book, there have been significant strides to safeguard the operations of our world’s infrastructures. In recent years, there has also been a shift to more fluid postures associated with resilience and the establishment of redundant infrastructure. In keeping with 
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Published:
March 01, 2013
Author(s):
Thomas E. Drabek
Since the first edition of The Human Side of Disaster was published in 2009, new catastrophes have plagued the globe, including earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand, tornadoes in Alabama and Missouri, floods in numerous locations, Hurricane Sandy, and the infamous BP oil spill. Enhanced with new 
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Published:
February 19, 2013
Editor(s):
Robert Radvanovsky; Jacob Brodsky
The availability and security of many services we rely upon—including water treatment, electricity, healthcare, transportation, and financial transactions—are routinely put at risk by cyber threats. The Handbook of SCADA/Control Systems Security is a fundamental outline of security concepts, 
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Published:
January 22, 2013
Author(s):
Samuel Mullen
An increase in major natural disasters—and the growing number of damaging events involving gas, electric, water, and other utilities—has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety. Due to today's complex, compliance-based environment, utility managers and planners often 
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Published:
January 04, 2013
Author(s):
Nicolas A. Valcik; Paul E. Tracy
Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and 
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Published:
December 15, 2012
Author(s):
Ronald Eisler
On March 11,2011, Japan experienced the largest earthquake in its history, causing massive property damage. This book summarizes and critically analyzes the natural events and human shortcomings responsible for the failure of the Fukushima reactors during the first year following the accident, and 
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Published:
November 26, 2012
Editor(s):
Alessandra Jerolleman; John J. Kiefer
One of the four core phases of emergency management, hazard mitigation is essential for reducing disaster effects on human populations and making communities more resilient to the impacts of hazards. Presenting an up-to-date look at the changing nature of disasters, Natural Hazard Mitigation offers 
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Published:
October 29, 2012
Editor(s):
Jennifer E. Duyne Barenstein; Esther Leemann
Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering, and planning and emphasizing the importance of community perspectives in the post-disaster reconstruction process. Effective results in community recovery mandate that we 
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Published:
October 25, 2012
Author(s):
Kevin D. Burton
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, 
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