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15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference
June 4-7, 2012


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Breaking the Disaster Cycle: Future Directions in Natural Hazard Mitigation

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Title Page: Breaking the Disaster Cycle: Future Directions in Natural Hazard Mitigation - PDF

Session 1: Course Introduction: Traditional Emergency Management Policy and the Disaster Cycle - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 2: Developing New Federal Hazard Mitigation Policy; The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 3: Implementing the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 at the Federal Level; Sustainability and Resilient Communities - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 4: Voluntary Buyouts as Hazard Mitigation: Implementing Buyouts - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 5: Flood Insurance as Hazard Mitigation; Assessing NFIP Issues - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 6: Structural Approaches to Flood and Coastal Hazard Mitigation; Assessing Structural Approaches - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 7: Student Paper Presentations on Federal Mitigation Policy - PDF

Session 8: Implementing Mitigation at the State Level; Sustainable Hazard Mitigation Criteria - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 9: State Planning Assistance for Mitigation at the Local Level; Assessing Local Hazard Mitigation Plans - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 10: Coastal Erosion Issues: Shifting Hazardous Development Costs to Users - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 11: Student Paper Presentations on State Mitigation Policy - PDF

Session 12: Preparing Local Hazard Mitigation Plans; Participation in Hazard Mitigation Planning - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 13: Hazard Areas Definition and Risk Notification: Smart Growth and Hazard Mitigation - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 14: Ethics and Hazard Mitigation; Applying Ethical Criteria - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 15: Measuring Hazard Mitigation Success: Issues in Measuring Mitigation Success - PDF and PowerPoint Presentation*

Session 16-17: Student Term Paper Reports - PDF

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