Disaster Planning [electronic resource] : The Preservation of Life and Property /

1. Introduction -- References -- 2. Risk and Comprehensive Planning -- Risk and the Comprehensive Plan -- The Development of a Community Safety Plan -- Safety Goals and Objectives -- Potential Strategies -- Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Strategies -- Constraints and Strategy Adoption -- Safety Programs -- Safety Plan -- Hindsight Review -- References -- 3. Development and the Spatial Distribution of Risk -- Hazard Microzonation -- Data Collection -- Scale -- Single Hazard-One Purpose Mapping -- Single Hazard-Multiple Purpose Mapping -- Multiple Hazard-Multiple Purpose Mapping -- Acceptable Risk -- Enforcing Unacceptable Risk Standards -- Opposition to Microzonation -- References -- 4. Safety by Design -- Structural Integrity -- Operational Compatibility -- Fail-Safe Design -- Forgiving Environment for Failures -- Emergency Evacuation -- Security -- Conclusions -- References -- 5. Predicting and Preventing Disaster -- Disaster Simulation Models -- Scenarios -- Delphi Technique -- Game Simulations -- Gaming: An Overview -- Field Exercises -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Disaster Warning Systems -- The Nature of Warning Systems -- Recognition of Danger -- Designing the Warning System -- Installation and Operation -- Education of the User Group and Modification of the Infrastructure -- Testing the System -- Modification after Testing -- Detection of Threat -- Collation and Evaluation -- The Decision to Warn -- Transmission of Warning Messages -- Interpretation of Warning Messages and Action by Recipients -- Feedback to Issuers of Warnings -- Transmission of Further Warning Messages -- Issuing of Ail-Clear Messages -- Hindsight Review -- Testing the Revised System -- References -- 7. Disaster Plans -- The Case for Preparation -- The Content of a Disaster Plan -- References -- 8. Construction and Reconstruction -- The Recovery Process -- Related Problems -- In Conclusion -- References.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Foster, Harold D. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1980
Subjects:	Life sciences., Ecology., Life Sciences.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6093-6
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