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100 1 _aHENSTRA, Dan
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245 1 0 _aFederal emergency management in Canada and the United States after 11 September 2001
260 _aToronto :
_bIPAC,
_cSpring 2003
520 3 _aResearch 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
773 0 8 _tCanadian Public Administration : the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
_g46, 1, p. 103-116
_dToronto : IPAC, Spring 2003
_xISSN 008-4840
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