"Crisis Management: Theory and Practice" ed. by Katarina Holla

The studies that this publication contains are to provide an overview of the state of the art mainly focused on crisis management cycle represented by certain phases and steps. This book will provide useful information within crisis management issue for a wide audience.

Crisis management is an interdisciplinary subject field represented by theoretical problems, practical activity, people management and the art of crisis situation solving.
Topics include also lessons learned from natural and man-made disasters, crisis communication, information systems in crisis management, civil protection and economics in crisis management.

Contents
1 Urbanization and Crisis Management Using Geomatics Technologies
2 Position Tracking and GIS in Search and Rescue Operations
3 Information Support of Crisis Management
4 Emerging Trends in Crisis Management: Usability, Earth Observation and Disaster Management
5 Trust and Organization: Integrating Responses to Freshwater Contamination within the Everyday Work of a Care Organization
6 Applying the Organizational Centaur Theory on Boundary Spanners in Demanding Situations
7 The World Financial Crisis: Impacts on GDP and International Trade in Taiwan
8 Managing International Financial Crises: Responses, Lessons and Prevention
9 Corporate Governance in Downturn Times: Detection and Alert - The New Italian Insolvency and Crisis Code
10 Public Awareness and Education for Flooding Disasters
11 Crisis Management: A Historical and Conceptual Approach for a Better Understanding of Today's Crises
12 Wargaming-Based Crisis Drills
13 Landslide Risk Management and Crises Events