2nd Edition

Crisis and Emergency Management Theory and Practice, Second Edition

By Ali Farazmand Copyright 2014
    849 Pages 64 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    More than 12 years have passed since the publication of the first edition of Crisis and Emergency Management. During that time numerous disasters—from 9/11 to massive earthquakes in Iran and China, to the giant Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Fukushima Tsunami and ensuing nuclear meltdown—have changed the way we manage catastrophic events. With contributions from leading experts, this second edition features 40 new chapters that address recent worldwide crises and what we have learned from emergency responses to them.

    See What’s New in the Second Edition:

    • Up-to-date concepts, theories, and practices
    • Analysis of recent disasters and their effect on emergency management
    • Policy and managerial lessons
    • Suggestions for capacity building in crisis and emergency management

    The book covers a wide range of international issues using critical, empirical, and quantitative analyses. It discusses various approaches to topics such as resolving political tension and terrorism issues, the potential use of biological weapons, and the role of public relations in crisis. The author offers insight into organizational and community resiliency development; a "surprise management" theory in practice for upgrading the knowledge and skills in managing crises and governing emergencies; and better and more effective organizational, political, social, and managerial coordination in the processes. He presents case studies that enhance and advance the future theory and practice of crisis and emergency management, while at the same time providing practical advice that can be put to use immediately.

    Managing crises and governing emergencies in such an age of challenges demands a different kind of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that were not available yesterday. This book gives you valuable information with applications at the macro, micro, organizational, and interorganizational levels, preparing you for emergency management in an increasingly globalized and uncertain world.

    Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Practice, Ali Farazmand

    Crisis-Management Micro–Macro Perspectives
    Meeting Diversity in the Midst of Adversity: An Intercultural-Communication Training Framework for Refugee-Assistance Crisis Management, Phyllis Bo-Yuen Ngai and Peter Koehn
    Global Crisis in Public Service and Administration, Ali Farazmand
    Crisis in the US Administrative State, Ali Farazmand
    Managing through a Crisis: A Case Study of the Orange County, California, Bankruptcy, M. Celeste Murphy

    Emergency Management: Micro and Macro Issues
    Environmental and Health Emergency Management
    From Texas City to Exxon Valdez: What Have We Learned about Managing Marine Disasters? John R. Harrald and Hugh W. Stephens
    Macro and Micro Issues: Conceptual, Policy, Practical, and Empirical Aspects of Emergency Management
    What Disaster Response Management Can Learn from Chaos Theory, Gustav A. Koehler, Guenther G. Kress, and Randi L. Miller
    Psychology of Evacuation and the Design of Policy: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, and Sandy, William L. Waugh, Jr. and Jasmin R. Ruback
    Role of Technology and Human Factors in Emergency Management, Francis R. Terry
    Evolution of Emergency Management in America: From a Troubling Past to an Uncertain Future, Robert Ward and Gary Wamsley
    Improvised Explosive Devices, Daniel C. Goodrich and Frances L. Edwards

    National and International Case Studies
    Crisis and Emergency Management in North and Latin America
    American Presidential Crisis Management under Kennedy: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert E. Dewhirst

    Collaboration, Consolidation, and Coordination in the Broward Sheriff’s Office: A New Paradigm in Public Safety and Emergency Management? John Carroll and Leslie Taylor
    Emergency Management for Radiological Events: Lessons Learned from Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Reactor Accidents, Frances L. Edwards
    Budgetary Assistance for Nonprofits in Disaster, Barbara L. Neuby
    Security for Sale: The Pros and Cons of Equipment Contracts, Barbara L. Neuby
    Managing Refugee-Assistance Crises in the Twenty-First Century: The Intercultural-Communication Factor, Peter Koehn and Phyllis Bo-Yuen Ngai
    Managing Human and Natural Disasters in Developing Nations: Emergency Management and the Public Bureaucracy, Lenneal J. Henderson
    Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans—USA, and the Fukushima Tsunami—Japan: Global Cases in Crisis and Emergency Management

    Image Construction in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Steven G. Koven
    Hurricane Katrina: Preparedness, Response, and the Politics–Administration Dichotomy in New Orleans Emergency Management, Steven G. Koven and Michael Brennan
    Ethics in Crisis Management, Carole L. Jurkiewicz
    Management of Hazardous Chemicals during Natural Disasters, Antoinette Christophe and Khashruzzaman Choudhury
    How a Navigation Channel Contributed to Most of the Flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, Ivor Ll. van Heerden, G. Paul Kemp , Bob Bea, Gary Shaffer, John Day,

    Chad Morris, Dunca n Fitzgerald, and Andrew Milanes

    Examining Intergovernmental Relations in Response to Catastrophic Disasters: Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Naim Kapucu
    Learning from the Katrina Crisis: A Global and International Perspective with Implications for Future Crisis Management, Ali Farazmand
    Japan’s Disaster Governance: How Was the 3.11 Crisis Managed? Yuko Kaneko and Itoko Suzuki

    Crisis and Emergency Management in Asia, Middle East, and Europe

    Emergency Management in Korea: Mourning over Tragic Deaths, Pan Suk Kim and Jae Eun Lee
    Coping with Crisis and Disaster: Hong Kong Disaster Plan and Contingency Plan for Natural Disasters, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
    Integrating Public Administration, Science, and Community Action: A Case of Early-Warning Success in Qinglong County for the Magnitude 7.8 Tangshan Earthquake, Jeanne-Marie Col and Jean J. Chu
    Altruism in Chinese Emergency Management: The Case of Wenchuan Earthquake, King W. Chow
    Crisis Management in Japan: Lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 and the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Masaru Sakamoto
    Benchmarks and Standards for Emergency Management in India and the United States, Bala Prasad Erramilli and William L. Waugh, Jr.
    Crisis in Governance and the Arab Spring, Jamil Jreisat
    1989 Rail Disaster at Clapham in South London, Francis R. Terry

    MITIGATION AND STRATEGIC PREVENTION OF/AND PREPAREDNESS FOR CRISES AND EMERGENCIES
    Mitigation versus Prevention: A View from the Local Government Level, Frances L. Edwards
    Advancing Community Resilience to Disasters: Considerations for Theory, Policy, and Practice, Rose L. Pfefferbaum
    Global Resilience to Enhance Crisis and Emergency Management, Clifford R. Bragdon
    Contemporary Community Resilience: Successes, Challenges, and the Future of Disaster Recovery, Sheridan "Butch" Trues dale and Jesse Paul Spearo
    Emergency Managers for the New Millennium, Ellis M. Stanley, Sr. and William Lee Waugh, Jr.
    Coastal Hazard Mitigation in Florida, Patricia M. Schapley and Lorena Schwartz

    Epilogue
    Disaster Study, Crisis Study, and the Discipline of Public Administration: A Personal Reflection, Roger Wettenhall
    Index

    Biography

    Ali Farazmand (Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA) (Author)