Managing Emergencies and Crises: Global Perspectives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781284232042)

As the scale, frequency, and intensity of crises faced by the world have dramatically increased over the last decade, there is a critical need for a careful stocktaking on the knowledge of managing disasters. Managing Emergencies and Crises: Global Perspectives clearly and comprehensively explores the most important concepts of emergency and crisis management (such as mitigation, protection, prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, vulnerability, and risk assessment) and illustrates them with cases involving disasters and emergencies worldwide. Substantially revised, the Second Edition has been reorganized and includes two new and timely chapters on terrorism and emergency management and public health emergencies and crises. It also provides an emphasis on management and leadership and cross-sector governance from interdisciplinary and global perspectives. Key Features: - Two new chapters: Terrorism and Emergency Management and Public Health Emergencies and Crises. - Diverse scholarly perspectives are presented to guide readers' understanding of various concepts in the emergency and crisis management field. - Rich and diverse case studies illustrate how various stakeholders, including emergency program managers, respond in crisis and emergency management situation. - Navigate eBook Access (included with the print text) provides online or offline access to the digital textbook

Author: Naim Kapucu, Alpaslan ﾖzerdem, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq
ISBN-10: 1284232042
ISBN-13: 9781284232042
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2022
Pages: 325
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.40w x 1.10d