Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management

Nicolas A. Valcik

ISBN 10: 1498788513 / ISBN 13: 9781498788519

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc, 2017

About this Item

Series: ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . . 2017. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781498788519

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498788513
• ISBN 13: 9781498788519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Designed to enable practitioners and students to evaluate a variety of real-life emergencies from every angle, this new edition of Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management provides clear, thorough, step-by-step descriptions of more than 50 major disasters or emergencies. Arranged chronologically, the case studies involve incidents from around the globe, with topics including natural disasters, industrial accidents, epidemics, and terrorist attacks. A series of questions throughout each case study encourages the reader to think critically about the problem at hand, to select a course of action, and to then see the results of the decisions that were made. This hands-on approach invites practitioners and students to apply learned theoretical emergency management techniques in a safe test environment.

Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management, 2e provides readers with the most modern and current case studies in disaster response and emergency management and can be used in group project settings, as individual homework assignments in training courses for first responders, law enforcement, and government employees, or to complement existing emergency management textbooks in Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Affairs programs.

About the Author

Nicolas A. Valcik is Director of Institutional Research at West Virginia University, USA and is author of several books including Practical Human Resources for Public Managers (2011), Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations (2013), Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators (2015), and Strategic Planning and Decision-Making for Public and Non-Profit Organizations (2016).

Paul E. Tracy is Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator in the Criminology and Justice Studies program at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA.