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PART 1 The Disciplines of Emergency Management and Disaster Science |
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1 History and Current Status of Emergency Management and Disaster Science |
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1.2 The Evolution of Emergency Management in the U.S. |
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1.2.1 The Era of Civil Defense |
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1.2.2 Professionalization of Emergency Management |
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1.2.2.1 Leadership Challenges and Changes |
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1.2.2.2 Disasters Change Things |
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1.2.3 The Emergence of Emergency Management Degree Programs |
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1.2.4 The Evolution of Disaster Science |
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1.2.4.1 What Is Disaster Science |
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1.2.4.2 A Brief History of Disaster Science |
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1.2.4.3 Research Centers in the United States |
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2 Emergency Management Careers |
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2.1.1 The Profession of Emergency Management |
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2.1.1.1 Competencies and Expected Behaviors |
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2.1.1.2 Body of Knowledge |
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2.1.1.3 Lifelong Learning |
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2.2 Working in the Profession of Emergency Management |
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2.2.1 Government Sector Emergency Management |
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2.2.2 Private Sector Emergency Management |
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2.2.3 Voluntary Sector Emergency Management |
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2.2.4 International Emergency Management and Humanitarian Aid |
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2.2.5 Military Careers and Emergency Management |
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2.2.6 Specialized Professional Opportunities for Emergency Managers |
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2.3 Hazards That Can Become Disasters |
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2.3.2 Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons |
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2.3.8 Radiological and Nuclear Hazards |
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2.3.12 Crowds and Collective Behavior |
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2.3.14 The Complexity of Hazards that Become Disasters |
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3 Key Concepts, Definitions, and Perspectives |
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3.2.1 A Continuum of Disaster |
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3.2.2 Political Definitions of Disaster |
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3.2.3 Slow versus Fast-Moving Views of Disaster |
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3.3 The National Governor's Association Report in the U.S. |
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3.3.1 The Disaster Life Cycle |
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3.3.2 All-Hazards Approach |
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3.4 Major Perspectives in Disaster Science |
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3.4.1 The Hazards Tradition |
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3.4.2 The Disaster Tradition |
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3.4.3 The Risk Perspective |
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3.4.5 Major Perspectives Summary |
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3.5 Cross-Cutting Themes in Disaster Science |
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3.5.1 Social Vulnerability |
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3.5.3 Summary of Cross-Cutting Themes |
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3.6 Embracing a Multidisciplinary Approach |
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3.7 The View from Emergency Management Higher Education |
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4 Advancing Emergency Management through Disaster Science |
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4.2 Disaster Science as a Multidisciplinary Field |
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4.3 The Importance of Disaster Science to Emergency Management |
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4.5.1 Basic and Applied Research |
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4.5.2 Primary and Secondary Research |
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4.5.3 Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Research |
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4.5.4 Individual and Aggregate Research |
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PART 2 Comprehensive Emergency Management |
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5.2 Prioritizing Preparedness |
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5.3 Defining Preparedness |
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5.4 Types and Levels of Preparedness Activities |
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5.4.1 Individuals and Households |
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5.5 Factors Influencing Levels of Preparedness |
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5.5.1 Previous Disaster Experience |
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5.6 Preparedness Initiatives at State, National, and International Levels |
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5.6.1 Examples of State-Level Preparedness Initiatives |
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5.6.2 Examples of National-Level Preparedness Initiatives |
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5.6.3 Examples of International Preparedness Initiatives |
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6.2 Principles of Planning |
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6.3.1 Planning Across the Life Cycle of Emergency Management |
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6.3.2 Business Continuity Planning |
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6.4.1 Individual- and Household-Level Planning |
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6.4.2 Community-Based Planning |
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7.1.1 Ignoring Other Phases of Disaster |
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7.1.3 Assuming Need for Command and Control |
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7.2 Getting Started: Definitions and Activities |
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7.3.2 Taking Protective Action |
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7.3.2.1 Evacuation and Temporary Sheltering |
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7.4 Disaster Response: Myths and Realities |
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7.4.1 Myth-Based View of Disaster Response |
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7.4.2 Research-Based View of Disaster Response |
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7.4.3 Sources and Limitations of Community Resilience |
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7.6 Disaster Response and Principles of Effective Emergency Management |
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7.6.1 Comprehensive Emergency Management |
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7.6.2 Integrated Emergency Management |
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7.6.3 Flexibility in Emergency Management |
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7.7 The Future of Response |
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7.8 Working and Volunteering in Response |
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8.3.1 Shelter and Housing |
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8.3.3 Infrastructure and Lifelines |
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8.3.4 Psychological Impacts |
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8.3.6 Historic and Cultural Resources |
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8.4 People-Centered Recovery |
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8.4.1 Kinds of Recovery Planning |
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9.2.1 Threat and Hazard Identification |
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9.2.2 Capability Assessment |
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9.3.1 Structural Mitigation |
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9.3.2 Nonstructural Mitigation |
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9.4 Mitigation Planning with Stakeholders |
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9.4.2 Mitigation Planning Basics |
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9.4.3 Inclusive Mitigation Planning |
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9.4.4 Strategies for Community Engagement |
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9.5 Careers and Volunteering in Mitigation and Resilience |
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PART 3 Working and Volunteering in Emergency Management |
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10 Public and Private Sectors |
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10.2.1.1 Elected Officials and the Emergency Management Offices |
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10.2.1.2 Local Departments |
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10.2.2.1 Role of the Governor |
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10.2.2.2 Emergency Management and Homeland Security Offices |
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10.2.3 Accrediting State and Local Governments |
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10.2.4 Federal Government |
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10.2.4.1 The Executive Branch |
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10.3.1 The Importance of the Private Sector |
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10.3.2 The Impacts of Disasters on the Private Sector |
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10.3.2.2 Indirect Impacts |
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10.3.3 The Private Sector and the Life Cycle of Emergency Management |
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10.4 Public and Private Partnerships |
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10.5 Working and Volunteering in the Private Sector |
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11 International Humanitarian Disaster Management |
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11.1.1 UN High Commissioner on Refugees |
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11.1.3 Climate Change and Disaster Response |
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11.2 International Emergency Management System |
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11.2.3 U.S. Agency for International Development |
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11.3 How to Work in International Contexts |
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11.3.1 Cultural Awareness and Integrating Context |
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11.3.2 Community Integration and Resiliency Models in International Emergency Management |
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11.3.3 Guidance for Helping as Non-Aid Workers |
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11.4 Working with Refugees in Camps, Urban Environments, and Resettlement Programs |
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11.4.3 Refugee Resettlement |
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11.4.4 A Moment in the Life of a Refugee and Asylee Fleeing |
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11.5 Disaster Risk Reduction at the International Level |
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11.6.1 International Aid Workers: Lives on the Line |
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12 The Next Generation of Emergency Managers and Disaster Scientists |
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12.2 Reflecting Our Communities |
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12.2.1 Race, Ethnicity, and the Profession of Emergency Management |
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12.2.4 An Accessible Workplace for All |
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12.2.6 Guidance for Everyone: Mentors and Networking |
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12.2.7 Fellowships and Scholarships |
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12.2.8 Internships and Practical Experience |
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12.3 Continuing Your Education |
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12.3.1 Undergraduate Degree Programs |
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12.3.3 Online Degree Programs |
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12.3.4 Continuing Education |
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12.3.4.2 Exercises and Drills |
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12.3.4.3 Conferences, Workshops |
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12.3.4.4 Professional and Scientific Journals |
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12.4 Finding Your First Employer |
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