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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Civil defence"”.
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The Civil Defence Debate in Britain 1957-1983. An account and critical analysis of the major issues in the debate about civil defence against nuclear attack
The thesis details the course of the civil defence debate in Britain, assesses the value of civil defence against nuclear attack and investigates other issues of concern to those involved in the debate. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the course of the debate, the issues …
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The Civil Defence Debate in Britain 1957-1983. An account and critical analysis of the major issues in the debate about civil defence against nuclear attack
The thesis details the course of the civil defence debate in Britain, assesses the value of civil defence against nuclear attack and investigates other issues of concern to those involved in the debate. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the course of the debate, the issues …
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Willing and Unable: Civil Defence and Biopolitics in Post-War Toronto, 1948-1951
… examines the history of the City of Toronto’s civil defence program during the early stages of the Cold War. Developed in response to the shocking creation of nuclear weapons, civil defence was designed to ensure the survival and safety of local communities in the event of a nuclear war. …
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British civil defence policy in response to the threat of nuclear attack 1972-1986
… decades of the Cold War developed and adapted civil defence policies aimed at mitigating the effects of a nuclear attack on the population of Britain. It tests the hypothesis that civil defence in Britain from 1972 until 1986 was shaped by three distinct influences; economic, ideological and …
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The Impact Of leadership Styles On Employee Engagement In The UAE GHQ Civil Defence
… from different departments within the GHQ Civil Defence Council in the UAE. The survey findings indicate a higher prevalence of the authoritarian leadership style, compared to the democratic, transformational, and transactional styles, as well as a relatively high level of employee …
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The Finnish civil defence shelter system - Evolution of the regulation and technical specification 1954-2011
Finland has approximately 50 500 Civil Defence (CD) shelters with 4.8 million shelter places for a population of 5.6 million residents. CD shelter building is mandatory by legislation, and Acts, Decrees, and Technical regulations regulate it. This study examines the evolution of the Finnish CD …
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Nuclear nightmares: representations of nuclear anxiety in American Cold War visual culture
… in nuclear apocalyptic popular culture and civil defence initiatives, respectively. Focusing on particular peaks in nuclear anxiety during the 1950s, early 1960s and 1980s, this thesis analyses the ways in which visual nuclear apocalyptic popular culture, in film and video games, …
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Emergency management and civil liberties in the post 9/11 era
… management field is shifting toward the civil defence model that existed in the Cold War Era. Since the 1970s the emergency management field has focused on natural and man made disasters outside of war, but a renewed focus on security since 2001 has resulted in the normalization of a …
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Kvinnor mot krig : aktioner och nätverk för fred 1914–1940
… chemical war and a system of war that needed a civil defence at all; and lastly, the new action plans in 1937 and 1938 in connection with civil defence laws and the rallies in 1939 and 1940 at the outbreak of World War II. As policies of peace, these actions were not unique for their times. The …
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Evaluation of disaster response management in Iraq resulting from terrorism
… approach, where the Iraqi General Directorate of Civil Defence is the case study and disaster response management is the unit of analysis. The Iraqi General Directorate of Civil Defence is considered as the critical case for this study as they are the main administrative body responsible for …
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Integration of hydraulic model (HEC-RAS) and geographical information system (GIS) in development flood evacuation center along Sembrong River sea
… were then compared with the data from Malaysia Civil Defence Force. Those results obtained were very useful tool for future flood mitigation measures and flood evacuation planning.
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Voices of the Cold War in Britain, 1945 - 1962
This thesis investigates the civilian experience of the Cold War between 1945 and1962 through 44 original oral history interviews with 48 individuals. As the first oral history of everyday life in Cold War Britain it examines the generation born before1945 and the experience of growing up in …
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Developing an incident command system framework for natural hazards in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
… responses from emergency agencies, such as the civil defence, and police services to share in minimising the impact of the emerging threats. The reoccurrence of hazards and their impact suggest that the implementation of the emergency response system and the incident command are wrong, or that …
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The German air raids on Belfast of April and May 1941, and their consequences
… take any notice?". Despite the warnings and the Civil Defence exercises the sirens had only blown for false alarms. Belfast after all was a long way off from mainland Europe and had totally escaped the Autumn "Blitz" of 1940. <br/><br/>Tuesday the 8th April was to see that complacency shattered …
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An investigation into performance, stress level, auditing and evaluation of core skills training among staff working in emergency operation services, search and rescue and disaster response teams in Abu Dhabi Police GHQ
… or participation in the rapid intervention and civil defence as well as international rescue mission activities including participation in manmade and natural disasters. Further, more than half of participants in the sample were satisfied with the training and efficiency of the equipment they …
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Fire engineering in sustainable buildings: An Evaluation for the application of Performance Based Design in Abu Dhabi
… and fire safety measures applied by Abu Dhabi Civil Defence (ADCD) under the existing construction legislations. The overall results of the study addressed three main areas, namely, sustainability, fire safety, and legality of the construction industry in Abu Dhabi. The data obtained from the …
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Managing major emergencies : recommendations to develop effective contingency planning in the United Arab Emirates
… were from three organisations; the police, civil defence and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) in the UAE. The research participants were experts who are either responsible for planning for emergencies or who had been involved in dealing with major …
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Behaviour of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete subjected to static and impact loads
… requirements for improved resilience of civil engineering and military applications led to the development of ultra-high strength concretes with remarkable strength, durability and toughness. Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) has recently emerged as an advanced …
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