Introduction to Emergency Management, Fourth Edition

Introduction to Emergency Management 4th Edition - George Haddow Jane Bullock Authors corners-BUMPED SEE PICS #Risk-Management-Books # City.Planning&Urban;.Development # Urban,Planning.Development TEXT SH FRNT good - Introduction to Emergency Management, Fourth Edition, offers a practical guide to the discipline of emergency management. It focuses on the domestic emergency management system of the United States, highlighting the lessons and emerging trends that are applicable to emergency management systems in other parts of the world. Book begins by tracing the historical development of emergency management from the 1800s to the present world of homeland security. Discusses hazards faced by emergency management -methods of assessing hazard risk; the function of mitigation & strategies-programs emergency management or other disciplines use to reduce the impact of disasters;emergency management preparedness. Book also covers the importance of communication in the emergency management of the twenty-first century; the functions and processes of disaster response; government and voluntary programs aimed at helping people and communities rebuild in the aftermath of a disaster; and international emergency management. It also addresses the impact of September 11, 2001 on traditional perceptions of emergency management; and emergency management in the post-9/11, post-Katrina environment.