Emergency management : the American experience, 1900-2010 / Claire B. Rubin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubin, Claire B.

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

United States.

Natural disasters--United States.

Natural disasters.

Hazard mitigation--United States.

Hazard mitigation.

Physical Description:

vii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012]

Summary:

For emergency management professionals, Rubin (Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington U.) compiles 10 chapters by American practitioners and scholars of emergency management on the history of emergency management at the national level, updated for this edition up to 2010. Chapters address the response phase of emergency management for natural and human-induced events like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, floods, a flu pandemic, and explosions, including the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the 9/11 attacks, and the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, and the development of national policies and organizations, including the establishment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This edition adds information on older events and a new chapter on the disaster response to the BP oil spill in 2010. All chapters have been revised. The final chapter in the old edition has been separated into chapters on analysis of the events and the public administration context. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Preface

Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin

Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler

The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler

The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea

Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves

Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald

2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter

The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald

Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010

From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley

The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley

Suggested readings

About the authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

1466517530

OCLC:

773024921

Publisher Number:

99948647238