Disaster Policy and Its Practice in the United States : A Brief History and Analysis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackman, Andrea M.

Contributor:

Beruvides, Mario G.

Nestler, Gary S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Government policy--United States.

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Momentum Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book is intended as a history and survey of large-scale emergency management policy in the United States. The field of emergency management is relatively new, and rapidly changing as new technology and technology-dependent societal systems emerge. The impacts of past catastrophic events on policy development, and implications of older policy in new markets are discussed. The book also explores non-governmental policies as they relate to for-profit emergency management and professional associations of practitioners. For any person working in the field of emergency management who wonders "why do we do things the way we do?" this book is essential.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why We Need to Analyze Policy in Emergency Management

Chapter 2: Emergency Management in the United States: 1800-1969

Chapter 3: The 1970s: Four Phases and FEMA

Chapter 4: The Stafford Act of 1988-Then and Now

Chapter 5: DMA 2000 and September 11, 2001: A Shift from Responding to Prepaparing

Chapter 6: Hurricane Katrina and PKEMRA: New Challenges in a New Millennium

Chapter 7: Certifications, Societies, and Self-Assessments: A Look at Industry Policy

Chapter 8: The Business of Disaster

Chapter 9: Emergency Management 2020: The Current State of Research and Policy Recommendations for the Future

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

Adpage

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781606507001

1606507001

OCLC:

1000451497