Responding to Catastrophic Events

Consequence Management and Policies
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-33641-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 4255 g

Reihe: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies

An introduction to the range of potential disaster scenarios, covering the issues and organizational relationships of importance to the student of consequence management. These include the roles, responsibilities, and coordination requirements of first responders, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the military.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Larsen, J.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: BACKGROUND 1. Dealing with Disaster; Jeffrey Larsen 2. What Just Happened? Situational Awareness, Threat Characterization and Effective Consequence Management; James Wirtz 3.The Tyranny of Time: The Challenge of First Response; Jerry Barnhill PART II: FEDERAL RESPONSE 4. Federal Response: Assisting without Overwhelming; Greg Moser and Garry Briese 5. Homeland Security and Defense; Richard Love 6. Department of Defense Response: The Evolving Mission; Pat Allen Pentland PART III: RELATED ISSUES 7. Legal Issues Associated with a Catastrophic Domestic Incident; G. Roderick Gillette 8. Communications: The Critical Function; George Haddow 9. Foreign Consequence Management; Brian Lewis PART IV: CASE STUDIES 10. Terror on the Tokyo Subway: Aum Shinrikyo and WMD Consequence Management; Erin Mahan 11. Hurricane Katrina and Consequence Management; Jessica Iannotti 12. Fractured Response: Lessons for WMD Consequence Management from Hurricane Katrina and the 1995 Tokyo Subway Attack; Shane Smith PART V: CONCLUSION 13. Consequence Management and National Security; Kerry Kartchner

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Larsen, Larsen Consulting Group, USA
James Wirtz, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Richard Love, National Defense University, USA
Jerry Barnhill, Hickory Hill Associates, USA
Greg Moser, Khalifa University, UAE
Garry Briese, Briese & Associates, USA
Pat 'Doc' Pentland, Wyle CAS, USA
George Haddow, Bullock & Haddow, USA
C. Roderick Gillette, USA
Brian Lewis, State Department, USA
Erin Mahan, Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA
Jessica Iannotti, Department of Defense, USA
Shane Smith, National Defense University, USA
Kerry Kartchner, US State Department, USA