Introduction to emergency management
Emergency management university programs have experienced dramatic and exponential growth over the last twelve years. This new, fully updated edition introduces majors and minors to the field and provides content accessible to those students taking introductory emergency management courses. The book's student-centered focus looks at the regional, state, and local level response, as well as some of the often misunderstood or overlooked social aspects of disasters. Real-world cases are described …
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- Full title :Introduction to emergency management / Brenda D. Phillips, David M. Neal, Gary R. Webb.
Summary
Emergency management university programs have experienced dramatic and exponential growth over the last twelve years. This new, fully updated edition introduces majors and minors to the field and provides content accessible to those students taking introductory emergency management courses. The book's student-centered focus looks at the regional, state, and local level response, as well as some of the often misunderstood or overlooked social aspects of disasters. Real-world cases are described throughout including considerations of international emergency management and disasters alongside features from former students now working as professionals in the field of emergency management.--Publisher website.
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- Publication Date:2017
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:xxii, 441 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 27 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781482245066, 148224506X
- oclc:ocn951613727
- LC Classification:HV551.2
- Dewey Decimal:363.34/8
Table of Contents
Author biographies -- Preface -- History and current status of emergency management -- Working in emergency management -- Key concepts, definitions, and perspectives -- Research methods and the practice of emergency management -- Preparedness -- Planning -- Response -- Recovery -- Mitigation -- Public and private sectors -- International and humanitarian disaster relief -- The next generation of emergency managers -- Glossary -- Appendices -- Index.
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