Pawar / Epstein / Simon Emergency Management and Social Intelligence

A Comprehensive All-Hazards Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4398-4798-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Supplying an understanding of social vulnerability and its interplay with emergency management, this book provides information on garnering information to adapt emergency plans for emergency situations. It includes a historical analysis of how disaster monies have been spent as well as how it has been allocated so that it didn’t mitigate future events. The authors discuss how harnessing local community intelligence from information centers; such as non-profits and social service providers, community vulnerabilities, planning gaps, and social strata, and leveraging organizational capacity will ensure that emergency plans remain living documents that are easily adaptable.

Zielgruppe

Federal, state, local, and private sector emergency/disaster management professionals, disaster researchers, students in emergency management programs, public and private aid organizations, and disaster policymakers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pawar, Ameya

Epstein, Charna R.

Simon, Scott. C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF US DISASTER POLICY
Social Vulnerability & Policy
Social Policy Movements & History
Disaster Policy History and Outcomes
Alexandria Relief Bill
The Great Influenza
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Hugo
Northridge Earthquake
San Francisco Earthquake
Hurricane Katrina
Iowa Floods
Missouri Ice Storms
Lessons Learned from these disasters
INTELLIGENCE METHODOLOGY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Intelligence Methodology
Overview of nation's intelligence operations
Comprehensive study of geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape
Actionable intelligence
How intelligence shapes defense and foreign policy
Situational Awareness
Social vulnerability - what that means and how we currently measure it
Connect the dots
Develop actionable policy or systems
Robust Planning for Complex Events
EM situational awareness
Identify emerging trends
Building flexible response mechanisms
PROGRAM and POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS
Money, Technology & Communications
Identify cost savings for future disaster planning and response efforts
Better budgeting and capital improvement planning
Leveraging GIS and emerging technologies
Develop targeted communications platforms
At the Local and State Level
Identify emerging trends
Respond more effectively
Develop robust statewide policies/programs for community development, etc.
Leverage information to identify additional federal resources for additional local support
Develop comprehensive mitigation, preparation and recovery strategies
Conclusion
Next steps
Prevent Katrina like response failures
Enhance value of emergency management

Über Autor(innen)

Ameya Pawar holds her M.Sc. in Threat and Response Management from the University of Chicago, and her M.P.A. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.