Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs
Title Statements
- Full title :Emergency Management : Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2019
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- Place of Publication:Newark
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2019
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (355 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781119560456, 1119560454
- oclc:on1100983281
- Dewey Decimal:363.340973
Table of Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives: The Evolution of Emergency Management -- Why Study History? -- Lessons From History -- The Advent of Disaster Legislation -- The Growth of Disaster Bureaucracy -- From Military to Civilian Leadership -- Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Merge -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Historical Perspectives: Toward a National Response Strategy -- The Origins of National Planning -- September 11 and The Impact of Homeland Security -- The Marginalization of Emergency Management -- Capabilities-based Planning Replaces All-Hazards Planning -- The Pendulum Swings Back: Hurricane Katrina -- A Failed Response? -- Degraded Capabilities and Confused Planning -- Reform and New Planning Concepts -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Social Science and the Beginnings of Emergency Management Theory -- Social Science as an Emergency Management Tool -- Social Science Evolves Emergency Management Theory -- Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes -- Disaster Mythology -- Organizational Response -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Emergency Manager: Evo…
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