HENSTRA, Dan <br/><br/>
Federal emergency management in Canada and the United States after 11 September 2001 

 - Toronto :  IPAC,  Spring 2003 
<br/><br/> Research in the field of emergency management indicates that pre-disaster mitigation can significantly reduce the costs of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Yet, it is often difficult for disaster mitigation advocates to gamer the support of policy - and decision-makers, who tend to focus on other community concerns. Interest indisaster mitigation tends to be highest during the period immediately following a major disaster, when public attention focuses on vulnerabilities that must be addressed through policy. The "focusing event" of 11 September 20 highlighted the vulnerability of a large urban area to disaster, in this case human-induced. The event had a significant impact on federal emergency management in Canada and the United States and shaped the nature of mitigation policy in the following year