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While catastrophic disasters are rare, given global climate change and the location of human population centers, there is no doubt they will continue to occur at an ever-increasing rate and scale. Based on this realistic assumption, and the fact that the standard emergency management toolbox is insufficient to address these events, Catastrophic Disaster Planning and Response represents the cutting edge of both domestic and international thinking on how to effectively plan for and manage the consequences of a catastrophe. Demonstrating that a "business-as-usual" approach to preparing for and responding to such events is doomed to fail, the book fills a gap in emergency management education, introducing the many issues that influence how we plan for and respond to a catastrophe and how they differ from preparing for smaller-scale emergencies and disasters. --
Written by a recognized expert in emergency management, this volume is a thorough study of the planning process and response procedures for catastrophic disasters. Topics discussed include --
Major events over the last several years provide valuable lessons that demonstrate the characteristics of a catastrophic disaster, the special issues of response and recovery, and the necessary preparation on international, national, and local levels. Offering best practices using recent real-world case studies, the book provides a foundation for continued study and critical reflection --Book Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO CATASTROPHIC PLANNING AND RESPONSE
• ch. 1 Definition and History of Catastrophes
• 1.1. Learning Objectives
• 1.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 1.3. Definition of Catastrophe
• 1.4. Continuum of Magnitude
• 1.4.1. Summary Definitions
• 1.4.2. Planning Dilemma: All-Hazards versus Hazards-Unique
• 1.5. Brief Examples of Historical Catastrophes
• 1.5.1. 1755 Lisbon, Portugal, Earthquake and Tsunami
• 1.5.2. Hurricane Mitch: 1998
• 1.5.3. Drought/Famine in India: 1965-1967
• 1.6. Potential Catastrophe Effects on U.S. Emergency Management
• 1.7. Culture and Definitions of Catastrophe
• 1.8. Big Picture
• 1.9. Discussion Questions
• References
• ch. 2 How Catastrophes Differ from Disasters
• 2.1. Learning Objectives
• 2.2. Key Terms and Phrases

• 2.3. Overview
• 2.4. Introduction to Catastrophe Response Planning
• 2.5. Past and Future Catastrophes: Their Etiologies and Challenges
• 2.5.1. Middle Ages Black Plague
• 2.5.2. Little Ice Age in Europe
• 2.5.3. Irish Potato Famine
• 2.5.4. 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic
• 2.5.5. Tsunami of December 26, 2004
• 2.5.5.1. Humanitarian Need
• 2.5.5.2. Criticism of Tsunami Aid Donors
• 2.5.5.3. Criticism of Tsunami Aid-Receiving Countries
• 2.5.6. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• 2.5.7. Haitian Earthquake
• 2.6. Potential Future Catastrophes
• 2.6.1. Sea Level Rise
• 2.6.2. Drought and Desertification
• 2.6.3. Global Pandemic
• 2.6.4. New Madrid Mega-Earthquake
• 2.7. Factors Common in Catastrophes
• 2.8. Discussion Questions
• References
• I. Conclusion
• SECTION II ETHICAL, POLITICAL, AND LEGAL ISSUES
• ch. 3 Ethics
• 3.1. Learning Objectives
• 3.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 3.3. Introduction to Catastrophic Ethics
• 3.4. Defining Ethics
• 3.5. Ethical Duties Related to Professional Roles
• 3.6. Moral Community: How It Is Defined in Terms of Catastrophic Response and Readiness
• 3.7. Competing Ethical Theories and Frameworks
• 3.8. Utilitarian Catastrophic Response
• 3.9. Deontological Perspectives: Duties and Principles to Govern Catastrophic Planning and Response
• 3.9.1. Individual Autonomy
• 3.9.2. Rights
• 3.9.3. Social Justice
• 3.10. Environmental Ethics
• 3.11. Virtue Ethics and Catastrophic Response
• 3.12. Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Ethical Dilemmas
• 3.13. Discussion Questions
• References
• ch. 4 Political and Legal Issues
• 4.1. Learning Objectives
• 4.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 4.3. Overview
• 4.4. FEMA Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
• 4.5. National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• 4.6. National Response Framework (NRF)
• 4.7. Principles of Federalism and Exceptions to Federalism
• 4.8. Intergovernmental Collaboration: A Cornerstone of Effective Catastrophic Planning and Response
• 4.9. Federal Government Plans for Catastrophe Readiness and Response
• 4.10. Ensuring Enduring Federal and State Constitutional Governments
• 4.10.1. Federal Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning
• 4.10.2. Federal Continuity of Government (COG)
• 4.10.3. State Level COOP/COG Planning
• 4.11. Local Government Comprehensive Emergency Response Plans
• 4.12. Political Structure of the U.S. Emergency Management System
• 4.12.1. Local Government
• 4.12.2. State Government
• 4.12.3. Federalist System
• 4.13. Use of National Guard or Other Military Forces in Catastrophe Response
• 4.14. Potential Federal System Breakdowns in Hypothetical Future Catastrophic Events
• 4.15. State Government Legal Powers during a Catastrophe
• 4.16. State Legal Protection Laws for Volunteers
• 4.16.1. Tort Law
• 4.16.2. Negligence
• 4.16.3. Immunity from Claims of Negligence for Government Actions
• 4.16.3.1. Discretionary Immunity
• 4.16.3.2. Governmental Immunity
• 4.16.3.3. Statutory Immunity
• 4.16.4. Exceptions to Immunity
• 4.16.5. Defenses in Claims of Negligence
• 4.16.6. Indemnification of Public Employees and Volunteers
• 4.17. Political Implications of Catastrophes at Various Governmental and Political Levels
• 4.18. Legal Issues Involving Governmental Powers for Catastrophe Response and Reconstruction
• 4.18.1. Use of Private Resources in a Disaster Response
• 4.18.2. Communicating Warnings
• 4.18.3. Prohibiting Access to Damaged Areas
• 4.18.4. Compelling an Evacuation
• 4.19. Political and Legal Change That Can Result from Catastrophes
• 4.20. Challenges of Interjurisdictional Partnerships
• 4.20.1. Illusion of Partnerships
• 4.20.2. Role of Interorganizational Partnerships
• 4.20.3. Interjurisdictional Partnerships Issues
• 4.20.4. Strategies for Successful Interjurisdictional Partnerships
• 4.21. Discussion Questions
• Further Readings
• References
• II. Conclusion
• SECTION III OPERATIONAL ISSUES
• ch. 5 Logistics
• 5.1. Learning Objectives
• 5.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 5.3. Overview
• 5.4. Concept of Convergence
• 5.5. Logistics in Disasters Compared to Catastrophes
• 5.6. Challenges to Critical Resource Provision
• 5.7. Social and Cultural Context
• 5.8. Discussion Questions
• References
• ch. 6 Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR)
• 6.1. Learning Objectives
• 6.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 6.3. Introduction
• 6.4. Overview of Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR)
• 6.4.1. What Is CI/KR?
• 6.5. CI/KR Protection
• 6.6. Effects of a Catastrophe on Infrastructure
• 6.6.1. South Florida Hurricane
• 6.6.2. New Madrid Earthquake
• 6.7. Critical Infrastructure Needs of Responders
• 6.8. Prioritization of Restoration of Critical Infrastructure
• 6.9. Discussion Questions
• Further Readings
• ch. 7 Mass Care: Public Health
• 7.1. Learning Objectives
• 7.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 7.3. Introduction
• 7.3.1. Role of Public Health
• 7.4. Basic Vocabulary
• 7.4.1. Public Health versus Medicine
• 7.5. Infectious Disease Vocabulary
• 7.6. Disease Control Mechanisms
• 7.7. Catastrophes and Public Health
• 7.8. Public Health Priorities
• 7.9. Infrastructure and Support Needed for Public Health
• 7.9.1. National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
• 7.10. Role of Surge Capacity Planning in Catastrophes
• 7.11. Emergency Management: Public Health Collaboration in Catastrophes
• 7.12. Discussion Questions
• References
• ch.
• 8 Mass Evacuation and Relocation
• 8.1. Learning Objectives
• 8.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 8.3. Introduction
• 8.4. Defining Mass Relocation
• 8.5. Complexity and Causation
• 8.6. Understanding Mass Relocation
• 8.7. Historic Perspective of Catastrophes and Mass Relocation
• 8.7.1. Irish Potato Famine
• 8.7.2. Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
• 8.7.3. Dust Bowl
• 8.7.4. Hurricane Katrina
• 8.8. Global Climate Changes and Mass Relocation
• 8.8.1. Loss of Ecosystem Services
• 8.8.2. Loss of Land
• 8.8.3. Increasing Intensity and Frequency of Climate Driven Disasters
• 8.8.4. Environmental Change and Forced Migration
• 8.9. Defining the Displaced
• 8.10. Human Rights Dimensions of Mass Relocation
• 8.11. Mass Relocation and the Legal Status of the Displaced
• 8.12. Identifying the Potentially Displaced
• 8.12.1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Article 4.8
• 8.13. Mass Relocation as Mitigation
• 8.14. Social Vulnerability
• 8.15. Demographic Movement
• 8.16. Continua of Displacement
• 8.17. Displacement and Loss
• 8.18. Involuntary Displacement and Recovery
• 8.19. Resettlement
• 8.20. Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Model
• 8.20.1. Displacement and Sustainable Livelihoods
• 8.20.2. Displacement and Resettlement as a Complex System
• 8.20.3. Resettlement, Reconstruction, and Development
• 8.21. Responsible Agencies in Mass Relocation
• 8.22. Resettlement Action Plan
• 8.22.1. Example of Success: Preparatory Stages for the Arenal Dam, Resettlement Project
• 8.23. Near Future
• 8.24. Discussion Questions
• References
• III. Conclusion
• SECTION IV PLANNING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS: RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION
• ch. 9 Response Planning
• 9.1. Learning Objectives
• 9.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 9.3. Risk Management System for Catastrophe Response
• 9.3.1. Allocation of Scarce Resources
• 9.3.2. Risk Assessment
• 9.3.3. Risk Management
• 9.4. Importance of Flexibility in Catastrophe Response
• 9.5. Strategic Thinking with Regard to Catastrophe Response
• 9.5.1. Objective-Based Response Management
• 9.6. U.S. Catastrophic Response Assistance Framework
• 9.6.1. Scope of the NRF-CIA
• 9.6.2. Noteworthy Observations
• 9.6.3. Continuity of Operations (COOP)/Continuity of Government (COG)
• 9.6.4. Roles of NRF Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) in Catastrophic Response
• 9.7. Planning Needs for Management of Voluntary Responders
• 9.7.1. Preevent Volunteer Management Planning
• 9.8. Methods of Integrating International Responders into the Response Effort
• 9.9. Systemic Differences between Disasters and Catastrophes
• 9.10. Integration Strategies
• 9.11. Planning Issues Related to Managing of Mass Casualties
• 9.11.1. Creation of a Local Catastrophic Planning Committee
• 9.11.2. Casualties in Catastrophe Area
• 9.11.3. Special Needs Population
• 9.11.3.1. Healthcare Providers
• 9.11.4. Impact on Surrounding Areas
• 9.11.4.1. Economic
• 9.11.4.2. Health
• 9.11.5. Evacuation Issues
• Contents note continued: 9.12. Planning Issues Related to Managing Mass Fatalities
• 9.12.1. Mass Graves/Cremation Usually Inappropriate and Unnecessary
• 9.12.2. Federal Assistance for Mass Fatality Management: Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams (DMORT)
• 9.13. Myths About Planning for Catastrophes
• 9.14. Discussion Questions
• References
• ch. 10 Recovery and Reconstruction Planning
• 10.1. Learning Objectives
• 10.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 10.3. Overview
• 10.4. Issues Faced Following a Catastrophe
• 10.5. Defining Catastrophe Recovery
• 10.6. Elements of Recovery
• 10.7. Catastrophic Recovery Process
• 10.8. Stakeholders and Their Roles in Recovery
• 10.8.1. Public Sector
• 10.8.1.1. State Emergency Management Agency
• 10.8.1.2. Governor's Office
• 10.8.1.3. State Legislature
• 10.8.1.4. Local Government
• 10.8.2. Quasigovernmental and Nongovernmental Organizations
• 10.8.2.1. Regional Planning Organizations
• 10.8.2.2. Professional Associations
• 10.8.2.3. Colleges and Universities
• 10.8.3. Nonprofit Relief Organizations
• 10.8.3.1. Nonprofits
• 10.8.3.2. Foundations
• 10.8.3.3. International Aid Organizations and Foreign Nations
• 10.8.4. Private Sector and For-Profit Organizations
• 10.8.4.1. Business and Corporations
• 10.8.5. Emergent Groups and Individuals
• 10.9. U.S. Disaster/Catastrophic Recovery Assistance Framework
• 10.9.1. Emergency Support Function #14-Long-Term Community Recovery Annex
• 10.10. FEMA's Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) Program
• 10.11. Rules and Understanding of Local Needs
• 10.12. Timing of Catastrophic Assistance
• 10.13. Horizontal and Vertical Integration
• 10.14. Catastrophe Recovery Planning
• 10.14.1. Predisaster
• 10.14.2. Postcatastrophe: Emergency Phase
• 10.14.3. Postcatastrophe: Long-Term Recovery and Reconstruction
• 10.14.4. Precatastrophe
• 10.14.5. Postcatastrophe: Emergency Phase
• 10.14.6. Postcatastrophe: Long-Term Recovery and Reconstruction
• 10.14.7. Precatastrophe versus Postcatastrophe Planning
• 10.15. Catastrophic Recovery Plan
• 10.16. Discussion Questions
• References
• IV. Conclusion
• SECTION V ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL CATASTROPHE MANAGEMENT
• ch. 11 Essential Leadership Skills for Successful Catastrophe Management
• 11.1. Learning Objectives
• 11.2. Key Terms and Phrases
• 11.3. Overview
• 11.4. Introduction
• 11.4.1. Challenge of the "Unthinkable"
• 11.4.2. Culture of Leaders
• 11.4.3. Identity of Leaders
• 11.4.4. Complex Maps of Actors
• 11.4.5. New Processes for Crisis Recovery
• 11.5. Need for Skilled Crisis Leaders
• 11.6. Defining/Measuring Crises
• 11.7. Organizational Crisis Scenarios
• 11.8. Defining Leadership
• 11.8.1. Communication
• 11.8.2. Clarity of Vision and Values
• 11.8.3. Caring
• 11.8.4. Personal Example
• 11.8.5. Character
• 11.8.6. Competence
• 11.8.7. Courage
• 11.8.8. Decisiveness
• 11.9. Leadership's Role in a Crisis
• 11.9.1. Emotional Intelligence
• 11.9.2. Competence
• 11.9.3. Courage
• 11.9.4. Decisiveness
• 11.10. Preparing for Crisis
• 11.11. Leading during a Crisis
• 11.12. Recovery and Rebuilding
• 11.13. What Leaders Can Do to Take Care of Themselves during a Crisis
• 11.14. Discussion Questions
• References
• V. Conclusion.

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Author/Creator:

Oliver, Clifford

Languages:

English

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Item content: English

Main Work:

Catastrophic disaster planning and response [by Oliver, C.]

Subjects:

Emergency management

Emergency management — United States

Preparedness

Disasters

United States

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

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HV551.2 .O45 2011eb

ISBNs:

1439841756 (electronic bk.)
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OCLC Numbers:

680036312

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