Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions - Handmer, John (RMIT University, Melbourne, The Australian National University and Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, UK) a Dovers, Stephen (The Australian National University and Charles Darwin University, Australia)

This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.