Introduction to Emergency Management

Klappentext Introduction to Emergency Management, Sixth Edition, not only sets the standard for excellence in the field, but has also educated a generation of emergency managers. Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola return for the sixth edition with an emphasis on climate change as a major hazard. . An all-new chapter on technology will get students up-to-speed quickly on the latest advances in the field. The book is fully updated throughout with new regulations, workflows, and new case studies that will keep students current with the latest in best practices, thus preparing them for the challenges of a career in emergency management.

List of contents

1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management
2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment
3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness
5. Communications
6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response
7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
8. International Disaster Management
9. Emergency Management and the Terrorist Threat
10. The Future of Emergency Management

Product details

• Authors: Jane A Bullock, Jane Bullock, Jane A. Bullock, Jane A. (Founding partner Bullock, Damon Coppola, Damon P. Coppola, Damon P. (Partner Coppola, George D Haddow, George Haddow, George (Founding Partner Haddow, George Bullock Haddow, George D. Haddow, George D. (Founding partner Haddow, Damon P Coppola
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780128030646
• ISBN: 978-0-12-803064-6
• No. of pages: 518
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration