Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science

by Brenda D. Phillips

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

, 2021

Overview

A definitive resource, the Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science presents the essentials to better understand and manage disasters. The third edition of this popular text has been revised and updated to provide a substantively enriched and evidence-based guide for students and emerging professionals. The new emphasis on disaster science places it at the forefront of a rapidly evolving field. This third edition offers important updates, including:

Newly commissioned insights from former students and professional colleagues involved with emergency management practice and disaster science; international policies, programs, and practices; and socially vulnerable populations.

Significantly enriched content and coverage of new disasters and recent research, particularly the worldwide implications of climate change and pandemics.

Pedagogical features like chapter objectives, key terms and definitions, discussion points and resources.

The only textbook authored by three winners of the Blanchard Award for excellence in emergency management instruction.

The Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science is a must-have textbook for graduate and undergraduate students and is also an excellent source of information for researchers and professionals.

Key Features

• Presents the essentials to better understand and manage disasters.
• Provides a substantively enriched and evidence-based guide for students.
• Offers insights from former students and professional colleagues.

Product Details

• Title: Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science
• Author: Brenda D. Phillips
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 364
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780367898991, 0367898993
• Resource ID: LLS:NTRDCTNMRGNSCNC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-15T17:51:33Z

About Brenda D. Phillips

Brenda D. Phillips, PhD, is associate dean and professor of sociology at Ohio University in Chillicothe (OU-C). She is the author of multiple books on emergency management and is co-editor of Social Vulnerability to Disasters and Women and Disasters: From Theory to Practice. She received the Blanchard Award for excellence in emergency management education and the Myers Award for work on the effects of disasters on women. She was also inducted into the International Women’s Hall of Fame for Emergency Management and Homeland Security in 2013. Her research has been published in several journals and she has been invited to teach, consult, or lecture in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, India, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, and China. She recently led efforts to reopen the OU-C Emergency Response Training Center for widespread and affordable local use by emergency responders.