Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management

Designed to enable practitioners and students to evaluate a variety of real-life emergencies from every angle, this full-featured third edition of Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management provides clear, thorough, step-by-step descriptions of more than 100 major disasters or emergencies.

Arranged chronologically, the case studies explore incidents from around the globe, including natural disasters, industrial accidents, epidemics, and terrorist attacks. A series of questions offered alongside each case study encourages the reader to think critically about the problem at hand, to evaluate courses of action, and to understand both anticipated and unforeseen outcomes of decisions that are made. This hands-on approach invites practitioners and students to apply theoretical emergency management techniques in a safe test environment.

Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management, Third Edition provides readers with the most modern and current case studies in disaster response and emergency management. This book 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.

Nicolas A. Valcik is currently President and CEO of Trident 3J, L.L.C. as well as a consultant and former Managing Director of Institutional Research at Texas Tech University, USA.

Steven Haynes is Assistant Professor of Practice and serves as Director of the Cybersecurity and Risk Management Program in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, USA.

Paul E. Tracy was Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA, until his retirement. Tracy passed away in January 2020.