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Abkowitz, Mark David.

Operational risk management : a case study approach to effective planning and response / Mark D. Abkowitz. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008. - x, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface.Chapter 1. Why Do Disasters Happen?Part One. Man-Made Accidents.Chapter 2. Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse.Chapter 3. Nightmare in Bhopal.Chapter 4. Meltdown at Chernobyl.Chapter 5. Exxon Valdez.Chapter 6. Challenger and Columbia: Deja Vu.Part Two. Terrorist Acts.Chapter 7. Oklahoma City Bombing.Chapter 8. Aum Shinrikyo:Terror in Japan.Chapter 9. Attack on the USS Cole.Chapter 10. September 11: World Trade Center.Chapter 11. London1 Transit Bombings.Part Three. Natural Disasters.Chapter 12. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.Chapter 13. Eruption of Mount St. Helens.Chapter 14. South Canyon Fire.Chapter 15. Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami.Chapter 16. Hurricane Katrina.Part Four. Success Stories.Chapter 17. United Airlines Flight 232.Chapter 18. Alaska Pipeline and Denali Quake.Chapter 19. Lessons Learned.Epilogue.Index.

ISBN: 9780470256985 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2007045583

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA815388 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014513715 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Risk assessment.
Risk management.
Emergency management.

LC Class. No.: HD61 / .A25 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 658.155 / ABK 2009