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Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposiums for 2013


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Social Dimensions of Disaster

* PowerPoint Presentations below are converted to ADOBE PDF Icon Adobe PDF files.

Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2nd Edition – Preface

Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2nd Edition - Table of Contents

Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2nd Edition – Title Page

Session 1: Course Orientation
Handout 1-1
Handout 1-2
Handout 1-3
Handout 1-4
Overhead 1

Session 2: What is a disaster?
Handout 2-1
Handout 2-2
Handout 2-3
Overhead 2

Session 3: History of Sociological Research on Disasters
Handout 3-1
Handout 3-2
Handout 3-3
Overhead 3

Session 4: Overview of Hazards and Disasters in the U.S.A.
Handout 4-1
Handout 4-2
Handout 4-3
Overhead 4

Session 5: Terrorism: Changing Threat Perceptions and Response Preparedness
Handout 5-1
Handout 5-2
Handout 5-3
Handout 5-4
Handout 5-5
Overhead 5

Session 6: All-Hazards Emergency Management
Handout 6-1
Handout 6-2
Handout 6-3
Handout 6-4
Handout 6-5
Handout 6-6
Handout 6-7
Overhead 6

Session 7: Disaster Mythology
Handout 7-1
Handout 7-2
Overhead 7

Session 8: Sources of Disaster Myths
Handout 8-1
Overhead 8

Session 9: Understanding Disaster Warnings
Handout 9-1
Handout 9-2
Overhead 9

Session 10: Public Warning Responses
Overhead 10

Session 11: Community Evacuation Behavior
Overhead 11

Session 12: Building Effective Warning Systems
Handout 12-1
Handout 12-2
Handout 12-3
Handout 12-4
Overhead 12

Session 13: Disaster Research Methods
Overhead 13

Session 14: Constructing Theoretical Models
Overhead 14

Session 15: Victim Responses to Disaster
Handout 15-1
Overhead 15

Session 16: Non-Victim Responses to Disaster
Handout 16-1
Overhead 16

Session 17: Understanding Looting Behavior
Overhead 17

Session 18: Mid-Term Examination
Handout 18-1
Handout 18-2
Handout 18-3

Session 19: Emergent Social Groups in Disaster
Overhead 19

Session 20: Organizational Responses to Disaster
Overhead 20

Session 21: Crisis Decision Making
Overhead 21

Session 22: Emergent Multiorganizational Networks
Handout 22-1
Handout 22-2
Handout 22-3
Handout 22-4
Handout 22-5
Handout 22-6
Overhead 22

Session 23: Case Study Presentations
Overhead 23

Session 24: Case Study Presentations
Overhead 24

Session 25: Community Responses to Disaster
Overhead 25

Session 26: Disaster Recovery and Community Change
Overhead 26

Session 27: Disaster Inequalities
Handout 27-1
Overhead 27

Session 28: Tourism and Disaster: Preparedness, Responses, and Impacts
Handout 28-1
Handout 28-2
Overhead 28

Session 29: Disaster Stress
Overhead 29

Session 30: Media in Disaster
Handout 30-1
Overhead 30

Session 31: Disaster Planning Myths
Handout 31-1
Overhead 31

Session 32: Strategic Planning by Emergency Managers
Overhead 32

Session 33: Implementing Emergency Management Information Technology
Handout 33-1
Handout 33-2
Handout 33-3
Handout 33-4
Handout 33-5
Handout 33-6
Overhead 33

Session 34: Disaster Mitigation Exercise
Handout 34-1
Overhead 34

Session 35: Exercise Analysis
Handout 35-1
Overhead 35

Session 36: Disaster Denial and Disaster Preparedness Behavior
Overhead 36

Session 37: Field Trip: American Red Cross
Handout 37-1

Session 38: Field Trip: Local Emergency Management Agency
Handout 38-1

Session 39: Field Trip: State Emergency Management Agency
Handout 39-1

Session 40: Field Trip: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Handout 40-1

Session 41: What Works in Risk Communication?
Handout 41-1
Handout 41-2
Overhead 41

Session 42: Future Trends in Emergency Management
Handout 42-1
Handout 42-2
Overhead 42

Session 43: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Emergency Management
Handout 43-1
Handout 43-2
Handout 43-3
Overhead 43

Session 44: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Users
Overhead 44

Session 45: Final Examination

Appendix: Bibliograph

 

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