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A definitive resource, the Introduction to Emergency Management and
Disaster Science presents the essentials to better understand and
manage disasters. The third edition of this popular text has been
revised and updated to provide a substantively enriched and
evidence-based guide for students and emerging professionals. The
new emphasis on disaster science places it at the forefront of a
rapidly evolving field. This third edition offers important
updates, including: Newly commissioned insights from former
students and professional colleagues involved with emergency
management practice and disaster science; international policies,
programs, and practices; and socially vulnerable populations.
Significantly enriched content and coverage of new disasters and
recent research, particularly the worldwide implications of climate
change and pandemics. Pedagogical features like chapter objectives,
key terms and definitions, discussion points and resources. The
only textbook authored by three winners of the Blanchard Award for
excellence in emergency management instruction. The Introduction to
Emergency Management and Disaster Science is a must-have textbook
for graduate and undergraduate students and is also an excellent
source of information for researchers and professionals.
Now in its third edition, Disaster Recovery continues to serve as
the most comprehensive book of its kind and will span the core
areas that recovery managers and voluntary organizations must
tackle after a disaster. It remains the go-to textbook for how to
address and work through housing, donations, volunteer management,
environmental recovery, historic and cultural resources,
psychological needs, infrastructure and lifelines, economic
recovery, public sector recovery, and much more. Special features
include instructor’s manual, PowerPoints, a free consultation
with the authors upon adoption of the text; updated discussion
questions; references and recommended readings; and updated
resources for each chapter. New to the 3rd Edition A new co-author,
Jenny Mincin, a recognized expert in international disaster
recovery with direct field experience in emergency management,
disaster recovery, and humanitarian relief to this text. New case
examples from recent disasters and humanitarian crises will provide
updated content and offer familiar events to readers (e.g.,
Hurricane MarÃa, the COVID-19 pandemic, active attackers).
Increased visibility to the highest risk populations facing
disaster recovery including refugees, immigrants, and asylees. New
chapter on case management, which will be of particular interest to
faculty in human services degree programs. Climate change as a
hazard that requires adjustment before a disaster and during
recovery. A broadened consideration of recovery needs including
refugees and asylees fleeing both conflict and consensus disasters.
This is an invaluable textbook in the field of recovery
preparedness and execution.
A definitive resource, the Introduction to Emergency Management and
Disaster Science presents the essentials to better understand and
manage disasters. The third edition of this popular text has been
revised and updated to provide a substantively enriched and
evidence-based guide for students and emerging professionals. The
new emphasis on disaster science places it at the forefront of a
rapidly evolving field. This third edition offers important
updates, including: Newly commissioned insights from former
students and professional colleagues involved with emergency
management practice and disaster science; international policies,
programs, and practices; and socially vulnerable populations.
Significantly enriched content and coverage of new disasters and
recent research, particularly the worldwide implications of climate
change and pandemics. Pedagogical features like chapter objectives,
key terms and definitions, discussion points and resources. The
only textbook authored by three winners of the Blanchard Award for
excellence in emergency management instruction. The Introduction to
Emergency Management and Disaster Science is a must-have textbook
for graduate and undergraduate students and is also an excellent
source of information for researchers and professionals.
Terrorism, natural disasters, or hazardous materials threaten the
viability for all types of businesses. With an eye toward business
scale, scope, and diversity, Business Continuity Planning:
Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters, addresses a range of
potential businesses from home-based to large corporations in the
face of these threats, including the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Information on business continuity planning is easy to find but can
be difficult to work through. Terminology, required content, and
planning barriers often prevent progress. This volume solves such
problems by guiding readers, step-by-step, through such actions as
identifying hazards and assessing risks, writing critical
functions, forming teams, and encouraging stakeholder
participation. In essence, this volume serves as a business
continuity planning coach for people new to the process or seeking
to strengthen and deepen their ongoing efforts. By engaging
stakeholders in a business continuity planning process, businesses
can protect employees, customers, and their financial stability.
Coupled with examples from recent disasters, planners will be able
to inspire and involve stakeholders in creating a more resilient
workplace. Designed for both educators and practitioners, Business
Continuity Planning: Increasing Workplace Resilience to Disasters
walks users through how to understand and execute the essential
steps of business continuity planning.
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in
Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that
continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive
human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and
communities. These events bring social vulnerability to the
forefront in considering how disasters unfold, clearly revealing
that disasters are not created from the physical event alone.
Equally important, people-even those considered vulnerable-respond
in innovative and resilient ways that unveil the strength of human
ingenuity and spirit. It is not a foregone conclusion that a hazard
event, even a large one, will result in catastrophic loss. This
updated second edition of Social Vulnerability to Disasters focuses
on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the
characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies
unfurl. By carefully examining and documenting social
vulnerabilities throughout the disaster management cycle, the book
remains essential to emergency management professionals, the
independent volunteer sector, homeland security, and related social
science fields, including public policy, sociology, geography,
political science, urban and regional planning, and public health.
The new edition is fully updated, more international in scope, and
incorporates significant recent disaster events. It also includes
new case studies to illustrate important concepts. By understanding
the nuances of social vulnerability and how these vulnerabilities
compound one another, we can take steps to reduce the danger to
at-risk populations and strengthen community resilience overall.
Features and Highlights from the Second Edition: Contains
contributions from leading scholars, professionals, and academics,
who draw on their areas of expertise to examine vulnerable
populations Incorporates disaster case studies to illustrate
concepts, relevant and seminal literature, and the most recent data
available In addition to highlighting the U.S. context, integrates
a global approach and includes numerous international case studies
Highlights recent policy changes and current disaster management
approaches Infuses the concept of community resilience and building
capacity throughout the text Includes new chapters that incorporate
additional perspectives on social vulnerability Instructor's guide,
PowerPoint (R) slides, and test bank available with qualifying
course adoption
Volunteer work can make a difference to those harmed by natural,
technological, and human-induced disasters if it is done well.
Disaster Volunteers provides readers with information on why people
volunteer, the benefits gained by volunteers and recipients, and
how to leverage such good will. Learning from a variety of past
disasters, readers will gain realistic insights into the challenges
of disaster contexts. Equipped with evidence-based best practices,
Dr. Phillips organizes and illustrates necessary steps to recruit,
train, manage, reward, and retain volunteers throughout the life
cycle of disasters. This important resource walks both
organizations and individuals through the entire process of
volunteer engagement from recruiting and training to managing as
well as rewarding and retaining volunteers and provides an engaging
and informative set of useful and evidence-based chapters. Disaster
Volunteers fills an existing gap in books on volunteer disaster
management by incorporating research, generating sound
recommendations, grounding ideas in a disaster context, and
offering an inviting set of examples from which readers can learn.
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