Jeff Bumgarner

Emergency Management

A Reference Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work is the first nontechnical guide to the principles, practices, policies, and profession of emergency management. The monumental natural and humanmade disasters of the 20th century, which killed 25 million people in Asia alone, have underscored the need for professional and coordinated disaster response worldwide. This book examines the profession and practice of emergency management in the United States, at the United Nations, and around the globe. Emergency Management explores the history and development of the discipline from the first federal disaster relief proclamation in 1803 to the present day. It also analyzes current debates over when and how emergency resources are best utilized, and the laws and public policies that govern emergencies. An essential source for secondary and college students, and for all citizens who want to understand emergency preparedness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781598841107
• ISBN-10: 1598841106
• Artikelnr.: 22984544

Autorenporträt

Jeff Bumgarner

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Preface 1 Background and History History of Emergency Management
and Disaster Response Defining Disasters Types of Disasters Fundamentals of
Emergency Management, Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery 2 Problems,
Solutions, and Controversies Sociology of Disasters Disaster Victimology
Impact of First Responders The Question of Federalism The Public Policy
Process Federal Emergency Management Efforts State Emergency Management
Efforts Private Organization Emergency Management Efforts Debate Over
Emergency Management Resources Natural Disasters or Terrorism Key Cities or
Nationwide Efforts 3 Worldwide Perspective Emergency Management: A Global
Responsibility Disaster Vulnerabilities by Region Asia Africa Latin America
Europe Comparative Emergency Management Activities and Readiness China
Australia India Trinidad and Tobago Argentina Nigeria Civil Unrest, Ethnic
Conflict, and Terrorism 4 Chronology 5 Biographical Sketches Joe Allbaugh
(1952- ) Clara Barton (1821-1912) Julius W. Becton, Jr. (1926- ) B. Wayne
Blanchard (unknown - ) Mabel Boardmand (1860-1946) William Booth
(1829-1912) Michael D. Brown (1954- ) James E. Carter (1924- ) Isaac M.
Cline (1864-1955) Michael Chertoff (1953- ) Rudolph W.L. Giuliani III
(1944- ) Louis O. Giuffrida (unknown- ) James Loy (1942- ) John W. Macy,
Jr. (1917-1986) John W. Magaw (unknown- ) Robert Mueller (1944- ) Clarence
Ray Nagin, Jr. (1956- ) Robert D. Paulison (1947- ) Tom Ridge (1945- )
Robert T. Stafford (1913-2006) Wallace E. Stickney (1934- ) William Howard
Taft (1857-1930) Gordon F. Vickery (1920-1996) James Lee Witt (1944- ) 6
Data and Documents Key Executive Orders and Legislation Executive Order
12127--Creation of FEMA Robert T. Stafford Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act Homeland Security Act of 2002 Key Testimony Before Congress Opening
Statement of R. David Paulison Statement of George W. Foresman 7 Directory
of Organizations Private Organizations Adventist Community Services (ACS)
American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) American Red Cross Catholic
Charities USA Disaster Response Christian Disaster Response (CDR) Church of
the Brethren Emergency Response Church World Service (CWS) Disaster
Response Episcopal Relief and Development International Relief Friendship
Foundation (IRFF) Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) Medical Teams
International (MTI) Mennonite Disaster Services National Emergency Response
Team (NERT) Nazarene Disaster Response (NDR) The Points of Light Foundation
REACT International The Salvation Army USA Southern Baptist Disaster Relief
UJC Federations of North America Volunteers of America World Vision
Associations and Resource Centers American Civil Defense Association (ACDA)
Association of State Floodplain Managers Center for Homeland Security and
Defense Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (DERA)
Disaster-Resource.com International Association of Emergency Managers
(IAEM) Natural Hazards Center National Emergency Management Association
Ready.gov Government Agencies United States Government Agencies Emergency
Management Institute (EMI) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Protective Service (FPS) National Guard Bureau National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Fire Administration U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) State Emergency Management Agencies International
Agencies/Organizations International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Organization of American States (OAS) United Nations International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) United Nations Relief Web 8 Resources
Summary of Selected Scholarship Relating to Emergency Management Books,
Government Publications, and Videos Books Government Publications Videos
Glossary Index About the Author