Disaster policy and its practice in the United States a brief history and analysis /
Emergency management and the study of disasters is a relatively young industry, beginning in its current form only after the World Wars of the previous century. Yet with the ever-increasing complexity of society in the Digital Age, the management and recovery from disasters in recent years have rece...
| Main Author: | Jackman, Andrea M., |
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| Other Authors: | Beruvides, Mario G., 1959-, Nestler, Gary S., |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Momentum Press LLC,
[2017]
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 108 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series: |
Industrial and systems engineering collection.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why we need to analyze policy in emergency management
- Emergency management in the United States, 1800-1969
- The 1970s: four phases and FEMA
- The Stafford Act of 1988: then and now
- DMA 2000 and September 11, 2001: a shift from responding to preparing
- Hurricane Katrina and PKEMRA: new challenges in a new millennium
- Certifications, societies, and self-assessments: a look at industry policy
- The Business of disaster
- Emergency management 2020: the current state of research and policy recommendations for the future.