disaster relief

Presents the first nontechnical guide to the principles, practices, policies and profession of emergency management.

Presents articles that argue for and against various issues related to disaster preparedness and relief, including what role, if any, federal agencies should have in providing assistance to disaster victims.

Chronicles over a century of natural disasters and argues that wealthy Americans are more protected from such events than the poor, elderly, and minorities.

The author compiled over 300 interviews for these vignettes about the ripples of the Sept. 11 attacks. Customs officers, New York merchants, WTC widows, air marshal trainees, ACLU staff, and many others speak about how the terror attacks affected them.

This book describes what you can do to prepare for a terrorist attack and what you need to do if one occurs.

This book describes emergency plans and health and safety concerns when people experience nuclear, biological, and chemical disasters and discusses disaster relief to these situations.

This book describes emergency plans and health and safety concerns when people experience blackouts, electrical power outages.

Describes the challenges and rewards of being a disaster relief worker, discussing types of disasters, what the workers do, and safety issues, and looking at different careers in relief work.

Photographs and text examine the devastation and death caused by the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and includes an essay by former President Bill Clinton which offers his assessment of urgent needs.

Describes and discusses the controversy concerning the handling of the global refugee problem by the United States and international community. Provides statistics and legal documents regarding refugees and the history of the problem.