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

Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses

Documents below are in MS Word format(including PPT, xls, doc) or Adobe PDF format.

Floodplain Management Course (Graduate Level)

Floodplain Management Course Title Page - 28KB

Floodplain Management Course Table of Contents - 28KB

Floodplain Management Course Biographies - 43KB

Floodplain Management Course Syllabus - 46KB

Session 1: Course Introduction - 116KB

• Reading 1.1 Importance of Goals, Objectives and Strategies - 32KB
• Reading 1.2 Short Story of Sex and Floodplain Management - 27KB
• Handout 1.1 Perspective Impact Matrix - 17KB
• Handout 1.2 Exercise 1: Identify Concepts - 39KB
• Power Point Slides - 491KB

Session 2: River systems and Tectonics - 156KB

PowerPoint Slides - 1.6MB

• Case Study - Columbia River - 1.4MB
• Case Study – Mississippi River - 1.8MB
• Case Study - Ohio River - 1.1MB
• Case Study – Potomac River - 2.8MB
• Case Study – Red River - 1.3MB
• Case Study – Rio Grande River - 884KB
• Case Study – Santa Ana River - 982KB
• Handout 2.1 Process Design - 46KB
• Handout 2.2 Table Basin Geology - 17KB
• Handout 2.3 Table Basin Concerns - 17KB
• Handout 2.4 Process Diagram - 3.1MB

Session 3: Glaciation & Erosion Processes – The Production of Sediment - 56KB

Power Point Slides - 1.3MB

Session 4: Meteorological Processes – The Production of Water on Land - 82KB

Power Point Slides - 1.9MB

Session 5: Land Use and Cover – The History of Resource Utilization - 143KB

Power Point Slides - 1.9MB

Session 6: Stream Mechanics Framework – Evolution and Flow Analysis - 139KB

Power Point Slides - 4.9MB

Session 7: Stream Managements Frameworks – The Physical Principals and Practice - 185KB

Power Point Slides - 3.8MB

Session 8: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercise - 35KB

• Handout 8.1 Examination: Session 2-7 - 18KB
• Handout 8.2 Take Home Exam - 24KB

Session 9: Introduction to Ecological Principles and Ecoregions - 88KB

• Power Point Slides - 1.7MB
• Handout 9.1 Biology Exercise - 30KB

Session 10: Stream and River Ecology - 96KB

• Power Pont Slides - 801KB
• Handout 10.1 Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 200 - 96KB

Session 11: Water Quality - 89KB

Power Point Slides - 967KB

Session 12: Effects of Human Disturbance on River and Floodplain Ecology - 83KB

Power Point Slides - 2.6MB

Session 13: Management and Restoration of Floodplain Ecology - 90KB

Power Point Slides - 2.6MB

Session 14: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercise - 89KB

• Handout 14.1 Examination: Session 9-13 without Answers - 60KB
• Handout 14.2 Examination: Session 9-13 with Answers

Session 15: What are Hazards? - 97KB

Power Point Slides - 2.9MB

• Handout 15.1 Profiling the Hazard - 23KB
• Handout 15.2 IG Profiling the Hazard - 27KB
• Handout 15.3 Notes & Homework Assignment - 26KB
• Handout 15.4 Risk Exercise 3 - 46KB
• Handout 15.4 Risk Exercise 4 - 46KB

Session 16: What is a Risk? - 85KB

Power Point Slides - 3.1MB

• Handout 16.1 Lake Charles FIRM Panels - 4.5MB

Session 17: Assessing Risk and Vulnerability to a Flood Hazard – Exercise - 50KB

Power Point Slides - 293KB

• Handout 17.1 Student Evaluation Forms - 31KB

Session 18: A History of Floodplain Management - 108KB

Session 19: Mitigating Flood Losses - 120KB

Power Point Slides - 4MB

• Handout 19.1 Terms and Definitions - 22KB
• Handout 19.2 Lake Charles FIRM Panels - 4.5MB

Session 20: Mitigation Programs - 138KB

Power Point Slides - 62KB

• Handout 20.1 Mitigation Programs - 29KB
• Handout 20.2 Examination – Sessions 15-20 with Answers - 47KB
• Handout 20.3 Examination – Sessions 15-20 without Answers - 62KB

Session 20A: Optional Activity – Preparing Ecological Risk Assessment - 73KB

Power Point Slides - 501KB

Session 21: Public Policy in the American Federal System – an Overview - 91KB

Power Point Slides - 378KB

• Handout 21.1 Policy Exercise - 37KB

Session 22: Federal Policies - 96KB

Power Point Slides - 76KB

• Handout 22.1 Federal agency Responsibilities in Floodplain Management - 19KB

Session 23: State Policies - 77KB

Power Point Slides - 62KB

• Handout 23.1 California Floodplain Management Task Force Membership - 26KB

Session 24: Local Politics - 75KB

Power Point Slides - 63KB

• Handout 24.1 Reading – Who’s in Charge Here? - 3MB

Session 25: Special Districts and Landowners - 114KB

Power Point Slides - 75KB

• Handout 25.1 Federal Agencies, Programs and Goals - 19KB

Session 26: Human Occupancy of Floodplains and Urban Riverfronts - 115KB

Power Point Slides - 2.6MB

• Handout 26.1 Reading - Chicago’s Dubious Distinction: First City of Filth - 3.2MB

Session 27: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercises - 63KB

• Session 27: Handout 27.1 Policy Battleground Exercise - 37KB

Case Study Midterm Exam for Sessions 21-25 without Answers

Session 28: Final Course exercise: introduction of Case Study Problem and Team Exercise - 94KB

Session 29: Final Course Exercise: Team Presentations - 41KB

Session 30: Final Course Exercise: Team Presentations - 59KB