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• Contributing Authors - 26KB MS Word
• Preface - 29KB MS Word
• Title Page - 26KB MS Word
• Table of Contents - 38KB MS Word
• Dedication Page - 25KB MS Word
• Chapter 1: Introduction - The Importance of Multi- and Inter-disciplinary Research on Disasters and for Emergency Management - 110KB MS Word
• Chapter 2: Geography’s Contributions to Understanding Hazards and Disasters - 110KB MS Word
• Chapter 3: Weather and Emergency Management - 213KB MS Word
• Chapter 4: Engineering Contribution to the Field of Emergency Management - 118KB PDF
• Chapter 5: Sociology, Disaster and Emergency Management: History, Contributions and Future Agenda - 144KB MS Word
• Chapter 6: Research about the Mass Media and Disaster Never (Well Hardly Ever) The Twain Shall Meet - 158KB PDF
• Chapter 7: Disasters, A Psychological Perspective - 113KB MS Word
• Chapter 8: Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Disasters - 178 KB MS Word
• Chapter 9: Social Work and Disasters - 130KB MS Word
• Chapter 10: U.S. Disaster Policy and Management in an Era of Homeland Security - 137KB MS Word
• Chapter 11: Public Administration, Emergency Management, and Disasters: Research and Education - 75KB MS Word
• Chapter 12: International Relations and Disasters: Illustrating the Relevance of the Discipline to the Study and Profession of Emergency Management - 104KB PDF
• Chapter 13: Comparative Politics and Disasters: Assessing Substantive and Methodological Contributions - 358KB MS Word
• Chapter 14: Contribution of Management Theory & Practice to Emergency Management - 87KB MS Word
• Chapter 15: Gerontology and Emergency Management: Discovering Pertinent Themes and Functional Elements Within Two Disciplines- 63KB MS Word
• Chapter 16: Public Health and Medicine in Emergency Management - 94KB MS Word
• Chapter 17: Who’s in Charge Here? Some Observations on the Relationship Between Disasters and the American Criminal Justice System - 90KB MS Word
• Chapter 18: Economic applications in disaster research, mitigation, and planning - 131KB MS Word
• Chapter 19: Emergency Management and Law - 94KB MS Word
• Chapter 20: Environmental Management and Disasters: Contributions of the Discipline to the Profession and Practice of Emergency Management - 118KB MS Word
• Chapter 21: Communication Studies and Emergency Management: Common Ground, Contributions, and Future Research Opportunities for Two Emerging Disciplines - 110KB PDF
• Chapter 22: Business Crisis and Continuity Management - 134KB PDF
• Chapter 23: Information Disasters and Disaster Information: Where Information Science Meets Emergency Management - 598KB MS Word
• Chapter 24: Making Sense of Consilience: Reviewing the Findings and Relationships among Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management - 136KB MS Word