Introduction to emergency management / / George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Damon P. Coppola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004782303321
• Autore: Haddow George D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, MA, : Butterworth Heinemann, c2011
• ISBN: 1-282-88017-9; 9786612880179; 0-12-385908-5; 1-85617-960-5
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BullockJane A; CoppolaDamon P
• Disciplina: 363.34/80973; 363.347; 363.3480973
• Soggetti: Emergency management; Emergency management - United States; Communication in management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-386) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Introduction to Emergency Management; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management; What You'll Learn; Introduction; Early History: 1800-1950; The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense: the 1950s; Changes to Emergency Management: the 1960s; The Call for a National Focus on Emergency Management: the 1970s; Civil Defense Reappears as Nuclear Attack Planning: the 1980s; An Agency in Trouble: 1989-1992; The Witt Revolution: 1993-2001; Terrorism: 2001; The Steps Leading to the Katrina Debacle; Post-Katrina ChangesThe Future Environment of Emergency Management; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercise; 2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment; What You Will Learn; Introduction; Natural Hazards; Technological Hazards; Chemical; Biological; Radiological; Nuclear; Hazards Risk Management; Risk Management Technology; Social and Economic Risk ; Factors; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation; What You'll Learn; Introduction; Mitigation Tools; Hazard Identification and MappingImpediments to Mitigation; Federal Mitigation Programs; The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program; Nonfederal Mitigation Grant Programs; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness; What You'll Learn; Introduction; A Systems Approach: The Preparedness Cycle; Mitigation versus Preparedness; Preparedness: The Emergency Operations Plan; Education and Training Programs; Emergency Management Exercises; Evaluation and Improvement; Preparedness: A National Effort; Preparedness Grant ProgramsBusiness Continuity Planning and Emergency Management; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 5. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications; What You'll Learn; Introduction; The Mission; Audiences/Customers; Communicating in the Era of Homeland Security; Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World; Building an Effective Disaster Communications Capability in a Changing Media World; Creating Effective Disaster Communications; Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: ResponseWhat You'll Learn; Introduction; Local Response; State Response; Volunteer Group Response; Incident Command System; The Federal Response; Federal Assistance; Key Federal Response Officials; Other FEMA Response Resources; The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC); Conclusion; Important Terms; Self-Check Questions; Out-of-Class Exercises; 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery; What You'll Learn; Introduction; The National Response Framework for Disaster Recovery Operations; FEMA's Individual Assistance Recovery Programs; FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Programs
• Sommario/riassunto: Emergency management is a vibrant and growing field, driven by government spending in the wake of terrorist attacks and natural disasters and by private-sector hiring of risk managers and emergency planners. Practicing professionals need a book that provides a solid foundation in the principles of disaster planning, mitigation, response, communications, and recovery, and since 2003, Introduction to Emergency Management has led the market among introductory EM books. As climate change and development lead to more numerous and more costly disasters and as countries around the world con