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Operational risk management : a case study approach to effective planning and response /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abkowitz, Mark David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008.
Series:MyiLibrary.
Subjects:
Risk assessment.
Risk management.
Emergency management.
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:Preface. Chapter 1. Why Do Disasters Happen?Part One. Man-Made Accidents. Chapter 2. Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse. Chapter 3. Nightmare in Bhopal. Chapter 4. Meltdown at Chernobyl. Chapter 5. Exxon Valdez. Chapter 6. Challenger and Columbia: Deja Vu. Part Two. Terrorist Acts. Chapter 7. Oklahoma City Bombing. Chapter 8. Aum Shinrikyo:Terror in Japan. Chapter 9. Attack on the USS Cole. Chapter 10. September 11: World Trade Center. Chapter 11. London1 Transit Bombings. Part Three. Natural Disasters. Chapter 12. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Chapter 13. Eruption of Mount St. Helens. Chapter 14. South Canyon Fire. Chapter 15. Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami. Chapter 16. Hurricane Katrina. Part Four. Success Stories. Chapter 17. United Airlines Flight 232. Chapter 18. Alaska Pipeline and Denali Quake. Chapter 19. Lessons Learned. Epilogue. Index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 277 pages : : illustrations, maps.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119202745 (electronic bk.)
1119202744 (electronic bk.)