Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters

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Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters

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Author : William L. Waugh
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1999-12-30

Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters written by William L. Waugh and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-30 with Nature categories.

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. Coverage includes: --The history of emergency management and its evolution from volunteer effort to trained intervention; --Organization of emergency management systems -- local, state, regional, national, international; governmental, for-profit, and nonprofit; --Managing natural disasters -- floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, avalanches, etc.; --Managing manmade disasters -- civil defense, terrorism, hazardous materials accidents, fires, structural failures, nuclear accidents, transportation disasters; --Policy issues in the management of risk, emergencies, and disasters; --Disaster management in the Twenty-first Century-- technological and political challenges. Twenty case studies illustrate the handling of actual disasters including the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Discussion questions and guides to on-line information sources facilitate use of the book in the classroom and professional training programs.

Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters An Introduction To Emergency Management

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Author : William L Waugh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-03

Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters An Introduction To Emergency Management written by William L Waugh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with History categories.

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. Twenty case studies illustrate the handling of actual disasters including the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Discussion questions and guides to on-line information sources facilitate use of the book in the classroom and professional training programs.

Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters An Introduction To Emergency Management

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Author : William L Waugh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-03

Living With Hazards Dealing With Disasters An Introduction To Emergency Management written by William L Waugh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with History categories.

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. Twenty case studies illustrate the handling of actual disasters including the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Discussion questions and guides to on-line information sources facilitate use of the book in the classroom and professional training programs.

Visualizing The Invisible

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Author : Joseph G. Martin III
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
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Visualizing The Invisible written by Joseph G. Martin III and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Facing Hazards And Disasters

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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2006-09-10

Facing Hazards And Disasters written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-10 with Social Science categories.

Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events-including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact-affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.

At Risk

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Author : Benjamin Wisner
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004

At Risk written by Benjamin Wisner and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Disasters categories.

The second edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published, and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed.

Disaster Policy And Politics

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Author : Richard T. Sylves
language : en
Publisher: CQ Press
Release Date : 2019-02-13

Disaster Policy And Politics written by Richard T. Sylves and has been published by CQ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-13 with Political Science categories.

Disaster Policy and Politics combines evidence-based research with mini-case studies of recent events to demonstrate the fundamental principles of emergency management and to explore the impact that disasters have had on U.S. policy. Paying special attention to the role of key actors—decision makers at the federal, state, and local levels; scientists; engineers; civil and military personnel; and first responders—author Richard Sylves explores how researchers contribute to and engage in disaster policy development and management. The highly anticipated Third Edition explores the radical change in policy and politics after the occurrence of recent disasters such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; Hawaii’s false nuclear attack warning; and responses to U.S. wildfires. This book’s comprehensive “all-hazards” approach introduces students to the important public policy, organizational management, and leadership issues they may need as future practitioners and leaders in the field.

Organize For Disaster

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Author : Judith Kolberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Organize For Disaster written by Judith Kolberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.

This guide focuses on planning for disasters as part of everyday life; it provides organizing tools like shopping lists, storage ideas, evacuation plans. etc.

Emergency Management

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Author : Claire B. Rubin
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-04-03

Emergency Management written by Claire B. Rubin and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-03 with Political Science categories.

Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, the second edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900–2010 provides the background needed to understand the key political and policy underpinnings of emergency management, exploring how major "focusing events" have shaped the development of emergency management. It builds on the original theoretical framework and chronological approach, but improves on the first edition by adding fresh information on older events such as Hurricane Katrina as well as a new chapter covering the BP oil spill in 2010 and the unprecedented characteristics of the disaster response to it. The final chapter offers an insightful discussion of the public administration concepts that constitute the larger context for consideration of emergency management in the United States for more than a century. Some praise for the new edition of this award-winning book: The first edition of this book filled a serious gap in the literature by providing historical context for present-day emergency management. This edition goes further to flesh out that context, detailing the political and practical underpinnings of emergency management organization and practice. —Professor William L. Waugh Jr., Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University ... a must-read for both undergraduate and graduate students who want to learn from our past and join a growing professional field committed to enhancing community resilience and sustainability. — John C. Pine, director, Research Institute for Energy, Environment and Economics, Appalachian State University

All Hazards Approach

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Author : Takako Izumi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-10-12

All Hazards Approach written by Takako Izumi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-12 with Nature categories.

This book presents case studies of risk management of various hazards and risk management systems at regional, national, and local levels. It also proposes a comprehensive approach to reduce future risks by collaborating with various stakeholders and preparing for the most effective responses toward complicated hazards, minimizing social damage.The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the concern as well as interest in the diversification of future risks and the complexity of the damage and impact that multiple risks may cause. These hazard risks include not only natural hazards, but also biological, industrial, and nuclear hazards along with other risks such as cyber-attacks, climate change, food security, conflict, and multiple hazards occurring simultaneously.The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in 2015 at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, accounts for the risks caused by natural or manmade hazards as well as related environmental, technological, and biological hazards and risks. The framework guides the multi-hazard management of disaster risk in development at all levels and sectors. However, in the current disaster management system in most countries, different offices are responsible for each different hazard, making it extremely difficult to manage those hazard risks comprehensively.Having experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now time to review the current risk management strategy and system, and thereafter discuss how to strengthen and transform our risk perception and manner of risk assessment and identification to tackle future multiple hazards. Simultaneously, further collaboration among experts from different backgrounds and fields will become indispensable. While the discussion of the need for an “all-hazards approach” has taken place for many years, there now needs to be discussion of a risk-focused framework.