Naim Kapucu is Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA. He has published widely in areas of public administration and emergency management, and has developed and taught emergency management and homeland security programmes at UCF.　Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely on topics of crisis and disaster management. He is co-editor of　Public Administration and managing partner of Crisisplan BV.

• Introduction: Studying Disaster and Crisis Management 1. Time and Crisis 2. The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the ‘new’ terrorist threat 3. The Core and Periphery of Emergency Management Networks: A multi-modal assessment of two evacuation-hosting networks from 2000 to 2009 4. Managing Disaster Networks in India: A study of structure and effectiveness 5. Managing the Impact of Disaster: Patterns of post-tsunami sheltering and duration of stay in South India 5. Solidarity as Political Strategy: Post-crisis reform following the French heatwave 6. Making Groceries: Leadership, free spaces and narratives of meaning in post-Katrina New Orleans 7. The Resilient Organization: A critical appraisal 8. Economic Considerations in Designing Emergency Management Institutions and Policies for Transboundary Disasters

Naim Kapucu is Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA. He has published widely in areas of public administration and emergency management, and has developed and taught emergency management and homeland security programmes at UCF.　Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely on topics of crisis and disaster management. He is co-editor of　Public Administration and managing partner of Crisisplan BV.

• Introduction: Studying Disaster and Crisis Management 1. Time and Crisis 2. The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the ‘new’ terrorist threat 3. The Core and Periphery of Emergency Management Networks: A multi-modal assessment of two evacuation-hosting networks from 2000 to 2009 4. Managing Disaster Networks in India: A study of structure and effectiveness 5. Managing the Impact of Disaster: Patterns of post-tsunami sheltering and duration of stay in South India 5. Solidarity as Political Strategy: Post-crisis reform following the French heatwave 6. Making Groceries: Leadership, free spaces and narratives of meaning in post-Katrina New Orleans 7. The Resilient Organization: A critical appraisal 8. Economic Considerations in Designing Emergency Management Institutions and Policies for Transboundary Disasters

Naim Kapucu is Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA. He has published widely in areas of public administration and emergency management, and has developed and taught emergency management and homeland security programmes at UCF.　Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely on topics of crisis and disaster management. He is co-editor of　Public Administration and managing partner of Crisisplan BV.

• Introduction: Studying Disaster and Crisis Management 1. Time and Crisis 2. The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the ‘new’ terrorist threat 3. The Core and Periphery of Emergency Management Networks: A multi-modal assessment of two evacuation-hosting networks from 2000 to 2009 4. Managing Disaster Networks in India: A study of structure and effectiveness 5. Managing the Impact of Disaster: Patterns of post-tsunami sheltering and duration of stay in South India 5. Solidarity as Political Strategy: Post-crisis reform following the French heatwave 6. Making Groceries: Leadership, free spaces and narratives of meaning in post-Katrina New Orleans 7. The Resilient Organization: A critical appraisal 8. Economic Considerations in Designing Emergency Management Institutions and Policies for Transboundary Disasters