Resilience in Emergency Management: Core Concepts and Practical Applications

Resilience in Emergency Management: Core Concepts and Practical Applications delivers essential knowledge and practical tools for navigating the complexities of emergency management and resilience.

This comprehensive handbook provides readers with the tools to understand and apply core concepts of resilience and emergency management, including societal resilience, crisis communications, recovery strategies, and the integration of innovative technologies like VR and AI. It offers detailed case studies, ethical decision-making frameworks, and actionable guidance to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Readers will gain insights into working with stakeholders, vulnerable communities, and managing humanitarian responses, while also learning to audit emergency plans and evaluate post-incident reviews. By addressing current challenges and future trends, the book empowers professionals and students to develop critical skills for effective emergency response and resilience-building.

Ideal for students, lecturers, researchers, and professionals in emergency management, this book is particularly suited for UK-focused contexts while offering globally relevant insights.

The book is supported by supplementary materials, including case studies and test banks.

Gail Rowntree is a published author in the field of aviation crisis and emergency management, with field experience from over 40 deployments both nationally and internationally as part of a response organisation. Gail is now a freelance consultant and is a trainer for ICAO, Director of Learning and Development for Frontier Risks Group, and runs her own business.

Beverley Griffiths is the course leader for the MSc Managing Organisational Risk and Resilience at Buckinghamshire New University, bringing extensive practitioner experience across local and central government. She has contributed to UK guidance, National Occupational Standards, and training packages in emergency management and public safety, authored industry articles, and actively supports the sector through her professional affiliations.