Comparative Emergency Management
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Comparative Emergency Management

Examining Global and Regional Responses to Disasters

  1. 470 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Comparative Emergency Management

Examining Global and Regional Responses to Disasters

About this book

A host of natural and man-made disasters have plagued the world in the twenty-first century, many with significant global impact. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina all affected broad regions with devastating results. The need for better emergency management policies, procedures, and cooperation among n

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781439804919
eBook ISBN
9781439804926
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword: Insights on the Role of Regional Collaboration
  4. Preface
  5. The Editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Tragedy Has Brought Us Together: Responding to New and Emerging Regional Catastrophes
  9. Chapter 1. Forging Partnerships within Geopolitical Regions of the United States for Mutual Aid and Mass Prophylaxis Intervention
  10. Chapter 2: Network Governance in Emergency Management in the Caribbean
  11. Chapter 3: Game Approach to Disaster Loss Reduction in Caribbean Multicultural Societies: The Disaster Awareness Game
  12. Chapter 4: Rebuilding a Regional Tourist Image in the Aftermath of Disaster: : New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
  13. Chapter 5: Addressing the Future Urban Water Crisis in Southern Ontario: An Ethnographic Look at the Promise of Expert–Lay Collaboration in Water Management Research
  14. Chapter 6: Critique of Stakeholder Participation and Decision-Making Processes Affecting the Design and Implementation of Transboundary Water Governance Projects Bordering Vulnerable/High Risk States: Lake Chad and Basin, Danube and Tisza River Basin
  15. Chapter 7: Global Food Crisis and African Response: Lessons for Emergency Response Planning
  16. Chapter 8: Faith-Based Humanitarian Assistance in Response to Disasters: A Study of South African Muslim Diaspora
  17. Chapter 9: Analysis of the Interorganizational Cooperation in the Jewish and the Arab Sectors in Israel
  18. Chapter 10: Role of Schools in Rebuilding Communities after Disaster
  19. Chapter 11: Citizen Seismology: : How to Involve the Public in Earthquake Response
  20. Chapter 12: Social Capital: The Missing Link in Coping with Environmental Disaster
  21. Chapter 13: Supporting State Agencies in Providing Early Warning Services: A Case Study from Ireland
  22. Chapter 14: NGO and Community-Oriented Disaster Response: Lessons from the Humanitarian Response to the Asian Tsunami in India and the Jogyakarta Earthquake in Indonesia
  23. Chapter 15: Analysis of the Emergency Response by Business, Government, and the Public during and after a Sour Gas Well Blowou
  24. Chapter 16: Collaborative Leadership in Global Health Partnership Strategies of Canadian Research Universities
  25. Conclusion
  26. Afterword
  27. Back Cover