Introduction to International Disaster Management
- 1st Edition - October 17, 2006
- Author: Damon Coppola
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 6 5 7 3 - 9
Written from a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters, Introduction to International Disaster Management provides practitioners, educators and students with a compre… Read more
Written from a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters, Introduction to International Disaster Management provides practitioners, educators and students with a comprehensive overview of the players, processes and special issues involved in the management of large-scale natural and technological disasters. The book discusses special issues encountered in the management of international disasters, and explains the various private, non-governmental, national, and international agencies that assist in preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery during national and regional events. Concentrating on the four major phases of emergency management – mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery – Introduction to International Disaster Management deals with such timely topics as Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Asian tsunami, and SARS. It also serves as a reference to governmental and other agencies involved in international disaster management activities. This book is the first of its kind to take a global approach to the topic of international disaster management.
- Serves as the first comprehensive resource dealing with the issues of international disaster management
- Contains numerous case studies, examples of Best Practices in international disaster management, and a contact list of the governmental and nongovernmental agencies involved in international disaster management
- Provides a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters that is written both for students within disaster management programs and for professionals entering the field
Educators and students in undergraduate and graduate degree, certificate, and continuing education programs dealing with disaster and emergency management, and international affairs. Security managers, designers of contingency / evacuation plans, city managers, urban planners, disaster management and emergency planning consultants, community planners, non-profit organizations, business continuity and contingency planners
Chapter 1: The Management of Disasters - Introduction- Disasters Throughout History- The History of Disaster Management- Modern Disaster Management - A Four Phase Approach- What is International Disaster Management?- Disasters, Poverty, and Development- Disaster Trends- DefinitionsChapter 2: Hazards- Introduction- Hazard Identification and Hazard Profiling- Hazard Analysis- The Hazards- ConclusionChapter 3: Risk and Vulnerability- Introduction- Two Components of Risk- Trends- Computing Likelihood and Consequence Values- Risk Evaluation- Risk Acceptability- Alternatives- Vulnerability- Risk Perception- ConclusionChapter 4: Mitigation- Introduction- What is Mitigation?- Types of Mitigation: Structural and Non-Structural- Obstacles to Mitigation- Assessing and Selecting Mitigation Options- Emergency Response Capacity as a Risk Mitigation Measure- Incorporating Mitigation into Development and Relief Projects- ConclusionChapter 5: Preparedness- Introduction- Overview of Disaster Preparedness- Government Preparedness- Public Preparedness- The Media as a Public Educator- Obstacles to Effective Public Education and Preparedness- ConclusionChapter 6: Response- Introduction- What is Response?- Response - The Emergency- Recognition - Pre-Disaster Actions- Recognition - Post-Disaster- Coordination- ConclusionChapter 7: Recovery- Introduction- Overview of Recovery- The Effects of Disasters on Society- Pre-Disaster Recovery Actions- Components of Recovery - What is Needed and Where Does it Come From?- Types of Recovery- Special Considerations in Recovery- ConclusionChapter 8: Participants - Governmental Disaster Management Agencies- Introduction- Governmental Emergency Management Structures- Emergency Management Participants- Organizational Structures- Bilateral Disaster Management Assistance- How Governments Provide Assistance- Types of Bilateral Assistance- Types of National Government Agencies Involved in International Emergency Management- ConclusionChapter 9: Participants - Nongovernmental Organizations- Introduction- Who Are the NGOs?- What Do They Do?- NGO Operations- NGO / Military Cooperation- Standards of Conduct- The Role of the Private Sector- The Role of Academia- ConclusionChapter 10: Participants - Multilateral Organizations and the International Financial Institutions- Introduction- The United Nations- Regional International Organizations- The International Financial Institutions- ConclusionChapter 11: Special Considerations- Introduction- Coordination- The Media- Institutional Capacity Development- Political Will- Compound Emergencies- Donor Fatigue- Corruption- State Sovereignty- Equality in Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Distribution- Climate Change, and the Environmental Impacts of Disasters- Early Warning- Linking Risk Reduction and Development- Terrorism- Global Disasters: SARS, Avian Influenza, and Other Emerging Epidemics- Conclusion
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 17, 2006
- Language: English
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Damon Coppola
Damon P. Coppola is the founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC. He has extensive experience in disaster management capacity development, disaster risk management, and planning through his work with the United Nations; the World Bank Group; The US Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the US Army Corps of Engineers, among others. Mr. Coppola serves as a Senior Disaster Management Specialist at the Hawaii-based Pacific Disaster Center and is a faculty member at Loma Linda University and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.E.M in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management from George Washington University and an A.R.M. from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
Affiliations and expertise
Founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC, Damon Coppola, CT, USA