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Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan-Todd M. La Porte-Philip E.
Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan-Todd M. La Porte-Philip E.
Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response describes the economic, organizational, and institutional actions required to improve the continuity and recovery of vital public services in event of disaster. This is the first book to describe the fundamental trade-offs between private efficiency and public vulnerability in an open society.
576 pages, 40 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 18, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521857963 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 576 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 242 × 37 mm · 900 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Auerswald, Philip E. (George Mason University, Virginia) |
| Editor | Branscomb, Lewis M. (Harvard University, Massachusetts) |
| Editor | La Porte, Todd M. (George Mason University, Virginia) |
| Editor | Michel-Kerjan, Erwann O. (University of Pennsylvania) |