Complexity in Urban Crisis Management: Amsterdam's Response to the Bijlmer Air Disaster

ISBN-13: 9781138410787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Rosenthal, U.

Opis

A minute-by-minute account, analysis and evaluation of how local authorities responded when a major air crash destroyed a large number of flats in an Amsterdam suburb in October 1992. The text shows how the impact of such an event requires a highly complex form of crisis management.

Spis treści

Introduction * The Bijlmer Disaster - The Events * Disaster Response * In Search of Victims * In Aid of Survivors: Psycho-social Care * In Aid of Survivors: Material Relief * Crisis Decision Making: The Co-ordination Centre * Urban Crisis Management in Amsterdam: Conclusions * Appendices

O autorze

U. Rosenthal