Civil Defense in Metropolitan America. The Metropolitan Challenge to Civil Defense.
Abstract
The cities and suburban communities of New York, Boston and Detroit exemplify metropolitan areas which pose the awesome dichotomy of high vulnerability to nuclear attack and limited demonstrated capacity to organize effective civil defense systems. Underlying the weak civil defense systems in major population centers are fragmented organizational structures, unproductive processes for intergovernmental relations, and the syndrome of unimportance in the public eye. To update the local capability to respond to federal and state nuclear preparedness policies, area-wide systems are needed which, above all, provide for a central resource allocation and command/control structure during and immediately after a crisis. Movement-to-shelter (MTS) is not feasible in the absence of such an environment. In addition, MTS poses enormous logistical, political and social problems, leading to an attitude of cautious skepticism regarding its feasibility. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0756887
Entities
People
- David D. Mcnally
- Howard N. Mantel