Even before the wreckage of a disaster is cleared, one question is foremost in the minds of the public: "What can be done to prevent this from happening again?"

11th Subejct: National Security -- United States-- 20th century.

Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisat

This book—the culmination of a truly collaborative international and highly interdisciplinary effort—brings together Japanese and American political scienti

It is by avoiding accidents that the process industries will improve their public image. Lessons from Disaster focuses upon the apparent inability of organizati