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Successful Response Starts with a Map:

Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management

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Size: 198 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2007

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Committee on Planning for Catastrophe: A Blueprint for Improving Geospatial Data, Tools, and Infrastructure, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-8	(skim)
1 Introduction	9-24	(skim)
2 Thinking About Worst Cases: Real and Hypothetical Examples	25-46	(skim)
3 Emergency Management Framework	47-86	(skim)
4 The Challenge: Providing Geospatial Data, Tools, and Information Where and When They Are Needed	87-132	(skim)
5 Guidelines for Geospatial Preparedness	133-144	(skim)
6 Concluding Comments: Looking to the Future	145-148	(skim)
References	149-152	(skim)
Appendix A List of Acronyms	153-158	(skim)
Appendix B Sample Confidentiality Agreement	159-162	(skim)
Appendix C Preparedness Checklist	163-172	(skim)
Appendix D Workshop Agenda and Participants	173-176	(skim)
Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	177-184	(skim)

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