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020 _a9780124167278 (hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn841911256
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050 0 0 _aHD49
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100 1 _aLabib, Ashraf.
245 1 0 _aLearning from failures :
_bdecision analysis of major disasters /
_cAshraf Labib.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aAmsterdam ;
_aBoston :
_bElsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,
_c2014.
300 _axi, 321 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index.
520 _aLearning from Failures provides techniques to explore the root causes of specific disasters and how we can learn from them. It focuses on a number of well-known case studies, including: the sinking of the Titanic; the BP Texas City incident; the Chernobyl disaster; the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia accident; the Bhopal disaster; and the Concorde accident. This title is an ideal teaching aid, informed by the author's extensive teaching and practical experience and including a list of learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, detailed derivation, and many solved examples for mo.
650 0 _aEmergency management.
650 0 _aDisasters
_vCase studies.
650 7 _aDisasters.
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655 7 _aCase studies.
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