Includes indexes

Introduction -- Hazards, Disasters, and Vulnerability -- Prevention, Mitigation, and Preparedness -- Response and Recovery -- Risk -- Perception and Communication -- Community Disaster Resilience -- Emergency and Crisis Management Stakeholders -- Decision -- Making in Managing Emergencies and Crises -- Leadership in Managing Emergencies and Crises -- Building an Effective -- Emergency Management Organization -- Evaluation and Accountability -- Public Health Emergencies and Crises -- Terrorism and -- Emergency Management -- International Actors and Perspectives -- Future Directions in Emergency and Crisis Management.

"Managing Emergencies and Crises: Global Perspectives is primarily for graduate level students and instructors who study and research on a wide range of socio-economic and political issues related to the management of 'natural' disasters from a 'social disaster' perspective. From a broad perspective this book covers various concepts including prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery, as well as vulnerability and risk assessment that need to be understood by those in the emergency management field"-- Provided by publisher