Effective Environmental Emergency Responses: A Holistic Response

✍ Scribed by Paul A. Erickson

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 171
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on the variety of subsequent consequences that may follow the conclusion of the immediate emergency response effort, consequences that require multi-disciplinary efforts and most likely may require a revamping of the historical interplay of national and other political authorities.

The book is essentially a critique of contemporary emergency response which, in both the public perception and, unfortunately, in the mind-set of many practicing professionals emphasizes an emergency as a singular event. It is a mistaken view: an emergency is actually a sequence of multiple, singular events that unfold over time, sometimes measured in days and weeks and, most often, in months, years and decades.

This book focuses on the need, in the current and recent past generation to revamp our thinking about planning for and responding comprehensively to those periodic disruptions to daily routine we call "emergencies".

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Part I: Overview
1.1 Preface to Part I
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Measuring Success and Failure of Response
References
Chapter 3: Logistics: Expertise, Personnel, Equipment, Supplies
3.1 Expertise
3.2 Equipment and Supplies
3.3 Persons: Emergency Victims
References
Part II: Lessons Learned; Lessons Applied
1.1 Preface to Part II
Chapter 4: Wildfire
4.1 Loss of Wildlife Habitat
4.2 Loss of Domestic Animals
4.3 Aerosols of Combustion, Heat and Smoke
4.4 Change in Ecosystems
4.5 Loss of Human Life, Homes & Other Structures
4.6 Overview of Fig. 4.3: Holistic Response
References
Chapter 5: Pandemic
5.1 World Pandemic, American Syndemic
5.2 Deaths & Loss of Jobs
5.3 Economic Down-Turn
5.4 Immediate & Long-Term Medical Costs; Limited Hospital Capacity
5.5 Special Consideration: Essential Personnel
5.6 Overview of Fig. 5.2: Holistic Response
References
Chapter 6: Hurricane
6.1 Evacuation
6.2 Disarray of Food and Other Production
6.3 Displacement and Its Consequences
6.4 Overview of Fig. 6.2: Holistic Response
References
Chapter 7: Domestic Terrorism
7.1 Range of Weaponry
7.2 Psychological Impacts on Victims and Society
7.3 Social Consequences
7.4 Overview of Fig. 7.2: Holistic Response
References
Chapter 8: Earthquake
8.1 On Earthquakes
8.2 More to the Point
8.3 Overview of Fig. 8.6: Holistic Response
References
Chapter 9: Climate Change
9.1 A Holistic View of Climate Change
9.2 Emergencies Are Also Opportunities
9.3 Solar Power & Electric Vehicles
9.4 Agriculture & Husbandry
9.5 Summation
References
Part III: Social-Structural Considerations
1.1 Preface to Part III
Chapter 10: On the Scope of Emergency Planning
10.1 Prologue
10.2 Top-Down & Down-Up
10.3 So …, What’s an Emergency?
References
Chapter 11: Consensus vs. Conflict
11.1 Modernity: An Institutional Maze
11.2 Well, So What?
References
Chapter 12: Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix 1
Appendix 1A: Transforming the Understanding and Treatment of Mental Illness
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Overview
Signs and Symptoms
Do Children React Differently Than Adults?
Risk Factors
Why Do Some People Develop PTSD and Other People Do Not?
Treatments and Therapies
Medications
Psychotherapy
How Talk Therapies Help People Overcome PTSD
Beyond Treatment: How Can I Help Myself?
Next Steps for PTSD Research
Appendix 1B: Transforming the Understanding and Treatment of Mental Illnesses
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: When Worry Gets Out of Control
What Is GAD?
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of GAD?
What Causes GAD?
How Is GAD Treated?
Psychotherapy
Medication
What Is It Like to Have GAD?
Where Can I Find More Information?
Appendix 1C: Transforming the Understanding and Treatment of Mental Illnesses
Major Depression
Definitions
Prevalence of Major Depressive Episode Among Adults
Major Depressive Episode with Impairment Among Adults
Treatment of Major Depressive Episode Among Adults
Prevalence of Major Depressive Episode Among Adolescents
Major Depressive Episode with Impairment Among Adolescents
Treatment of Major Depressive Episode Among Adolescents
Appendix 2
Appendix 2A
Appendix 2B
Appendix 2C
Appendix 2D
Appendix 3
FBI-Designated Significant Domestic Terrorism Incidents in the United States from 2015 Through 2019a
Appendix 4 (Source: USGS)
USGS Magnitude 2.5+ Earthquakes, Past Day August 19, 2021
References