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Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposiums for 2013


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses for the Higher Education Project

Documents below are in MS Word or Power Point(PPT) format.

Additional Social Vulnerability Course Material

  • AARP.  We Can Do Better:  Lessons Learned for Protecting Older Persons In Disasters.  Washington, DC:  AARP, May 2006, 88 pages.  Accessed at:  http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/info-2006/better.html
  • Ballen, Debra. "Vulnerable Populations." The Institute For Business & Home Safety: March 2009, 4 pages.
  • Department of Health and Human Services.  Post Conference Report:  Working Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with Disabilities and the Elderly.  Washington, DC:  HHS and DHS, September 2006.  92 pages.  Accessed at:  http://www.add-em-conf.com/confreport.htm
  • Duncan, Barbara. “Selected Reports and Research on Needs of People with Disabilities in Disasters: International Review.” Disability World, Issue 27, December 27, 2005. Accessed at: http://www.disabilityworld.org/12-01_06/disasterneeds.shtml
  • Le, Uyen.  The Invisible Tide:  Vietnamese Americans in Biloxi, MS – An Update One Year After Hurricane Katrina.  National Alliance of Vietnamese American Services Agencies, August 26, 2006.  Accessed at:  http://www.navasa.org/
  • National Organization on Disability. Interactive Map of Disability & Emergency Preparedness Resources. Accessed on January 20, 2006 at: http://www.nod.org/EPIResources/interactive_map.html
  • Session 45: Emergency Management for Native Americans - 209KB MS Word
  • Session 45: Power Point Presentation - 604KB PPT
  • Sutherland, Daniel.  “Remarks at the National Hurricane Conference, April 14, 2006 by Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.”  Accessed at:  http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0842.shtm
  • Tierney, Kathleen.  “Social Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters.”  Pp. 109-128 in:  Daniels, Ronald J., Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther (eds.).  On Risk and Disaster:  Lessons From Hurricane Katrina.  Philadelphia:  University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.

     

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