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Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposiums for 2013


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Building Disaster Resilient Communitites

  • Cover – Building Disaster Resilient Communities
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction and Syllabus
  • Session 1 – Introduction to the concept of disaster resilient communities and overview of course and exercises
  • Session 1 – Overview of Class Exercises
  • Session 1 – Overhead 1.1-2
  • Session 2 – Urbanism and its Legacy of Vulnerability
  • Session 3 – Sustainable Development, Resilient Communities and Smart Growth
  • Session 3 – Handout 3.1
  • Session 3 – Overhead 3.1
  • Session 4 – Resilience and the Land Development Process
  • Session 4 – Power Point
  • Session 5 – Resilience Through Redevelopment , Retrofitting , and Post-Disaster Recovery
  • Session 6 – Local government Structure, powers, and Limitations
  • Session 6 – Overheads 6.1-11
  • Session 7 – Resilience Through Partnerships with the Third Sector
  • Session 7 – Handout 7.1
  • Session 8 – Intergovernmental programs and Their Impact on Local Development Activity
  • Session 9 – Student Presentations for Exercise 1
  • Session 10 – Local Government Planning and the Four Phases of Emergency Management
  • Session 10 – Handout 10.1-5
  • Session 11 – Understanding and Assessing Hazards and Vulnerability
  • Session 11 – Power Point
  • Session 12 – Integrating Hazards Resilience with Comprehensive and Small Area Plans
  • Session 13 – Preparing Hazard Mitigation and Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plans
  • Session 13 – Handouts 13.1-6
  • Session 13 – Overheads 13.1-7
  • Session 14 – Inc orporating Resilience in Public Sector Project Planning and Review
  • Session 14 – Power Point
  • Session 15 – Incorporating Resilience in Private Sector Project Planning and Review
  • Session 15 – Power Point
  • Session 16 – Student Presentations for Exercise 2
  • Session 17 – Communicating with the Public
  • Session 17 – Power Point
  • Session 18 – collaborative and participatory Processes
  • Session 18 – Overheads 18.1-7
  • Session 19 – Investing in Public Capital Improvements
  • Session 19 – Overheads 19.1-8
  • Session 20 – Enforcement and Compliance Strategies
  • Session 20 – Handout 20.1
  • Session 21 – Co-Producing Resilience
  • Session 22 – Acquiring and Relocating High-Hazard Property
  • Session 22 – Overheads 22.1-5
  • Session 23 – Financing Resistance and Resilience
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.1
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.2
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.3
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.4
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.5
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.6
  • Session 23 – Handout 23.7
  • Session 23 – Overheads 23.1-4
  • Session 24 – Implementing Programs to Build Resilience
  • Session 24 – Handout 24.1
  • Session 25 – Student Presentations for Exercise 3
  • Session 26 – Creating Resilience Among Vulnerable and Special Populations
  • Session 27a – Creating Resilience in Flood Hazard Areas
  • Session 27b – Creating Resilience in Hurricane/Wind Hazard Areas
  • Session 27b – Overheads 27b.1-3
  • Session 28a – Creating Resilience in Areas Subject to Landslides
  • Session 28b – Creating Resilience in Areas Subject to Wildfire
  • Session 28c – Creating Resilience in Areas Exposed to Technological Hazards
  • Session 28.c – Power Point
  • Session 29/30 – Student Presentations for Exercise 4
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