TY - BOOK ID - 138564473 TI - Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management PY - 2007 SN - 0398085331 9780398085339 9780398077433 0398077436 9780398077440 0398077444 PB - Springfield Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD DB - UniCat KW - Crisis management. KW - Disaster relief -- Research. KW - Emergency management -- Research. KW - Emergency management KW - Disaster relief KW - Crisis management KW - Health KW - Medicine KW - Disasters KW - Social Welfare KW - Disease Attributes KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Public Health KW - Emergencies KW - Relief Work KW - Disaster Planning KW - Health Care KW - Environment KW - Health Occupations KW - Pathologic Processes KW - Sociology KW - Population Characteristics KW - Occupations KW - Social Sciences KW - Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms KW - Diseases KW - Research UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138564473 AB - Disasters such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina illustrate the salience and complexity of disasters. Both scholars and practitioners therefore agree that we must take a more proactive and holistic approach to emergency management, which should logically be derived from a sound understanding of the academic literature and the most pressing concerns facing professionals in the field today. Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management reviews what is known about catastrophic events from the standpoint of various academic areas of study. The introdu ER -