Schlegelmilch Rethinking Readiness

A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54887-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Rethinking Readiness offers an expert introduction to human-made threats and vulnerabilities, with a focus on opportunities to reimagine how we approach disaster preparedness. Jeff Schlegelmilch identifies and explores the most critical threats facing the world today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlegelmilch, Jeffrey

Schlegelmilch, Jeff

Weitere Mitwirkende

Redlener, Irwin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Biothreats
2. Climate Change
3. Critical Infrastructure Failure
4. Cyberthreats
5. Nuclear Conflict
6. Crosscutting Threats and Vulnerabilities
Conclusion: Investing in Today, Investing in Tomorrow
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Schlegelmilch is the deputy director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He previously worked for the Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response and the Boston Public Health Commission.

Irwin Redlener is the director and founder of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Earth Institute. He is also a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and president emeritus and cofounder of the Children’s Health Fund. His books include The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America (Columbia, 2017).