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Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events Louise K Comfort
Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events
Louise K Comfort
Presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. This book defines resilience as it relates to disaster management at specific stages: mitigation, prevention, preparation, and response and recovery.
384 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 19, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822960614 |
| Publishers | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 229 × 20 mm · 486 g |
| Editor | Boin, Arjen |
| Editor | Comfort, Louise |
| Editor | Demchak, Chris |