Shortcuts
Top of page (Alt+0)
Page content (Alt+9)
Page menu (Alt+8)
Your browser does not support javascript, some WebOpac functionallity will not be available.
.
Default
.
PageMenu
-
Main Menu
-
Languages
English
.
Members
My Account
.
Join the Library
.
eLibrary
.
Gale Databases
.
Logout
.
Search The Catalogue
Basic Search
.
Advanced Search
.
Magazine Search
.
New Items Search
.
New Items List
.
Useful Links
Library Home Page
.
Print a Document
.
Book a Public Computer
.
Add Credit to Library Card
.
eLibrary
.
© LIBERO v6.4.1sp240206
Page content
You are here
:
>
Search Results
Catalogue Display
Catalogue Display
Previous Title
.
Man-made disasters / Barry A. Turner and Nick F. Pidgeon.
.
Author on Wikipedia
.
.
LibraryThing
.
Browse Shelf
Catalogue Record 596882
.
Item Information
Catalogue Record 596882
.
Catalogue Information
Catalogue Record 596882
.
.
Item Information
Shelf Location
Collection
Volume Ref.
Branch
Status
Due Date
363.34 TUR
Adult Non Fiction
Bankstown
.
.
Available
.
Reserve any copy Click Here
Catalogue Record 596882
.
Catalogue Record 596882 ItemInfo
.
Catalogue Record 596882 ItemInfo
Top of page
.
Catalogue Information
Field name
Details
ISBN
0750620870 (pbk.)
Name
Turner, Barry A.
Title
Man-made disasters / Barry A. Turner and Nick F. Pidgeon.
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.
Description
xviii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-236) and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / Uriel Rosenthal -- Foreword / Diane Vaughan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Attempts to understand disasters - I -- 3. Attempts to understand disasters - II -- 4. Three disasters analysed -- 5. The incubation of disasters -- 6. Errors and communication difficulties -- 7. Order and disruption -- 8. Information, surprise and disaster -- 9. Disasters and rationality in organizations -- 10. The origins of disaster -- 11. More recent developments: culture, politics and organizational learning -- Appendix. List of 84 accident and disaster reports published by British Government sources between 1 January 1965 and 31 December 1975 examined in the present study.
Summary
Originally published in 1978, and with the working sub-title 'The Failure of Foresight', this was the first book to suggest the possibility of systematically looking at the causes of a wide range of disasters. It still provides a theoretical basis for studying the origins of man-made disasters, bringing together relevant work based on a study of inquiries into accidents and disasters in Britain over an eleven-year period.
Subjects
Disaster relief
Disasters
Other Names
Pidgeon, Nick F.
Links to Related Works
Subject References:
Disaster relief
.
Disasters
.
See Also:
Emergency management
.
Human services
.
War relief
.
Accidents
.
Collisions at sea
.
Curiosities and wonders
.
Hazardous geographic environments
.
Industrial accidents
.
Natural disasters
.
Shipwrecks
.
Authors:
Pidgeon, Nick F.
.
Turner, Barry A.
.
.
Related Searches
Catalogue Record 596882
.
Add Title to Basket
Catalogue Record 596882
.
Catalogue Information 596882
.
Catalogue Information 596882
Top of page
.
Quick Search
Search for