Emergency management : concepts and strategies for effective programs / Lucien G. Canton.
Material type: Computer filePublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2007.Description: xvii, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 047173487X
- 9780471734871
- 363.340973 22
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 text begins with historical and social science perspectives on emergency management, and then delves in to the historical and evolving roles of the emergency manager. Following a broad discussion on establishing an effective emergency management program, the text explores its individual components including assessing risk, developing strategies, planning concepts, planning techniques, coordinating response, managing crisis.
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