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Supplying an understanding of social vulnerability and its interplay with emergency management, this book provides information on garnering information to adapt emergency plans for emergency situations. It includes a historical analysis of how disaster monies have been spent as well as how it has been allocated so that it didn't mitigate future events. The authors discuss how harnessing local community intelligence from information centers; such as non-profits and social service providers, com…

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Author: Epstein, Charna R

Other Authors: Pawar, Ameya; Simon, Scott. C

Responsibility: Charna R. Epstein, Ameya Pawar, Scott C. Simon

Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL

Publisher: CRC Press

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 216 p.)

ISBN: 9781439847985

Subjects (MeSH): Disaster Planning

Subjects (LCSH): Emergency management

Abstract: Supplying an understanding of social vulnerability and its interplay with emergency management, this book provides information on garnering information to adapt emergency plans for emergency situations. It includes a historical analysis of how disaster monies have been spent as well as how it has been allocated so that it didn't mitigate future events. The authors discuss how harnessing local community intelligence from information centers; such as non-profits and social service providers, community vulnerabilities, planning gaps, and social strata, and leveraging organizational capacity will.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online