Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition

✍ Scribed by Bullock, Jane A.; Coppola, Damon P.; Haddow, George D

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 425
Edition: Fifth edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, offers a fully up-to-date analysis of US emergency management principles. In addition to expanding coverage of risk management in a time of climate change and terrorism, Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola discuss the impact of new emergency management technologies, social media, and an increasing focus on recovery. They examine the effects of the 2012 election results and discuss FEMA’s controversial National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, gives instructors and students the best textbook content, instructor-support materials, and online resources to prepare future EM professionals for this demanding career.

New to this edition:

Introduction to FEMA's Whole Community disaster preparedness initiative
Material on recent disaster events, including the Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Hurricane Sandy (2012), the Joplin Tornado (2011), the Haiti Earthquake (2011), and the Great East Japan Earthquake (2010)
New and updated material on the Department of Homeland Security and the ongoing efforts of the emergency management community to manage terrorism hazards
Top-of-the-line ancillaries that can be uploaded to Blackboard and other course management systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter,Copyright,Dedication,Acknowledgments,Foreword,IntroductionEntitled to full text1 - The Historical Context of Emergency Management, Pages 1-30
2 - Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment, Pages 31-70
3 - The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation, Pages 71-100
4 - The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness, Pages 101-137
5 - The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications, Pages 139-173
6 - The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response, Pages 175-227
7 - The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery, Pages 229-262
8 - International Disaster Management, Pages 263-304
9 - Emergency Management and the Terrorist Threat, Pages 305-362
10 - The Future of Emergency Management, Pages 363-373
Appendix A - Acronyms, Pages 375-380
Appendix B - Emergency Management Web Sites, Pages 381-383
Appendix C - How Madison (CT) Helped Madison Patch Cover Superstorm Sandy, Pages 385-387
Glossary, Pages 389-393
References, Pages 395-401
Index, Pages 403-422

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