Session No. 8 Course Title: Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and U. S. Emergency Management Session Title: Disaster As a growth Business Time: 3 Hours Objectives
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Session No. 8 Course Title: Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and U.S. Emergency Management Session Title: Disaster As A Growth Business Time: 3 Hours Objectives:
________________________________________________________________________ Scope: To introduce this session, the professor describes disaster as a growth business from the international and U.S. perspectives. Next, the students explore the factors that contribute to the growing risk of disasters and attempt to discern between superficial reasons and root causes. Finally, the class examines potential actions that could lessen vulnerability and losses in the United States. ________________________________________________________________________ Suggested Student Homework Reading Assignment: Need to determine specifics. _________________________________________________________________________
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Robinson, Andrew. 1993. “Global Climatic Change.” Chapter 9 (pp. 259-295) in Earth Shock – Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature. NY, NY: Thames and Hudson, Inc. Schlmadinger, Bernhard and Gregg Marland. 2000. Land Use & Global Climate Change – Forests, Land Management, and the Kyoto Protocol. Arlington, VA: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, June. Subcommittee on Global Change Research. 2000. Climate Change Impacts on the United States: the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (Review Draft). Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, National Science Foundation. Vellinga, P. and W. J. van Verseveld. 2000. Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events. Amsterdam: Institute for Environmental Studies, World-Wide Fund for Nature. Western Governors Association. 1999. Flood Plain Management and Dam Operations: An Issue Paper for the Western Governors Association. Wigley, Tom, M.L. 1999. The Science of Climate Change: Global and U.S. Perspectives. Arlington, VA: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, June 29. Also available online at URL: http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/env_science.html. Dynes, Russell R. 1997. The Lisbon Earthquake in 1755: Contested Meanings In The First Modern Disaster. Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware. Directory: hiedu -> docs -> hazdem docs -> Principal hazards in the united states hazdem -> 1 B. Wayne Blanchard, PhD, cem september 18, 2008 Part 1: Ranked approximately by Economic Loss hazdem -> 9. 1 To better understand the driving events, public pressures, and political and policy outcomes that have shaped emergency management in the United States hazdem -> Disaster Studies Programs in North American Higher Education Historical Considerations hazdem -> Session No. 3 Course Title: Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and U. S. Emergency Management Session Title: Hazard Categories or Taxonomies Time: 1 Hour Objectives hazdem -> Exercise: Classify the Event hazdem -> Select list of u. S. Catastrophes waiting to happen b. Wayne Blanchard, Ph. D., Cem emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager Alphabetical Listing Download 146 Kb. Share with your friends:
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