Natural hazard mitigation policy: implementation, organizational choice, and contextual dynamics

Environmental hazards series:

This book, to be released on October 31, 2011, is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of California's efforts to ensure that acute care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in the aftermath. It weaves together several threads essential to understanding the effectiveness of public policies intended to reduce the consequences of natural hazard events: public policy design and administration, the hazard mitigation investment decision made by targeted organizations, and contextual dynamics.