Emergency management : concepts and strategies for effective programs / Lucien G. Canton.
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 349 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780470119754
- 0470119756
- 9780470119761
- 0470119764
- 9781613449059
- 1613449054
- 9780470942741
- 0470942746
- 1280741635
- 9781280741630
- Emergency management -- United States -- Planning
- Emergency management -- United States -- Evaluation
- Gestion des situations d'urgence
- Protection civile
- Systèmes de commandement des interventions (Gestion des situations d'urgence)
- NATURE -- Natural Disasters
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief
- Emergency management -- Evaluation
- Emergency management -- Planning
- United States
- 363.340973 22
- HV551.3 .C36 2007eb
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Electronic Book | Kuakarun Nursing Library | Processing unit | Online Access | Eb35029 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342) and index.
Print version record.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; 1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 2 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE; 3 THE EMERGENCY MANAGER: EVOLVING ROLES AND SHIFTING PARADIGMS; 4 ESTABLISHING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; 5 ASSESSING RISK; 6 DEVELOPING STRATEGY; 7 PLANNING CONCEPTS; 8 PLANNING TECHNIQUES AND METHODS; 9 COORDINATING DISASTER; 10 MANAGING CRISIS.
This book propounds an all-hazards, multidisciplinary approach to emergency management. It discusses the emergency manager's role, details how to establish an effective, integrated program, and explores the components, including: assessing risk; developing strategies; planning concepts; planning techniques and methods; coordinating response; and managing crisis.
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