Learning from Exemplary Practices in International Disaster Management : A Fresh Avenue to Inform US Policy?

The devastation of the U.S. Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 sparked widespread reconsideration of U.S. disaster management practices. While most of this inquiry has drawn on U.S. disaster experiences, countries throughout the world are also struck by natural disasters. We hypothesized...

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Main Authors: Moore, M., Trujillo, H. R., Stearns, B. K., Basurto-Davila, R., Evans, D. K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5296