The next catastrophe : reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters /
Charles Perrow.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- viii, 377 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.
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.
Emergency management--United States. Disasters--Government policy--United States. Risk management--United States. Hazard mitigation--United States. Terrorism--Prevention.--United States Infrastructure (Economics)--Security measures--United States. Rampen. Kwetsbaarheid. Veiligheid. Risk management. Overheidsbeleid. Terrorisme.