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

Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses

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Social Dimensions of Disaster

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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
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Session 2: What is a disaster?
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Session 3: History of Sociological Research on Disasters
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Session 4: Overview of Hazards and Disasters in the U.S.A.
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Session 5: Terrorism: Changing Threat Perceptions and Response Preparedness
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Session 6: All-Hazards Emergency Management
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Session 7: Disaster Mythology
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Session 8: Sources of Disaster Myths
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Session 9: Understanding Disaster Warnings
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Session 10: Public Warning Responses
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Session 11: Community Evacuation Behavior
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Session 12: Building Effective Warning Systems
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Session 13: Disaster Research Methods
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Session 14: Constructing Theoretical Models
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Session 15: Victim Responses to Disaster
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Session 16: Non-Victim Responses to Disaster
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Session 17: Understanding Looting Behavior
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Session 18: Mid-Term Examination
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Session 19: Emergent Social Groups in Disaster
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Session 20: Organizational Responses to Disaster
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Session 21: Crisis Decision Making
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Session 22: Emergent Multiorganizational Networks
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Session 23: Case Study Presentations
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Session 24: Case Study Presentations
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Session 25: Community Responses to Disaster
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Session 26: Disaster Recovery and Community Change
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Session 27: Disaster Inequalities
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Session 28: Tourism and Disaster: Preparedness, Responses, and Impacts
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Session 29: Disaster Stress
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Session 30: Media in Disaster
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Session 31: Disaster Planning Myths
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Session 32: Strategic Planning by Emergency Managers
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Session 33: Implementing Emergency Management Information Technology
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Session 34: Disaster Mitigation Exercise
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Session 35: Exercise Analysis
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Session 36: Disaster Denial and Disaster Preparedness Behavior
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Session 37: Field Trip: American Red Cross
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Session 38: Field Trip: Local Emergency Management Agency
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Session 39: Field Trip: State Emergency Management Agency
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Session 40: Field Trip: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Session 41: What Works in Risk Communication?
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Session 42: Future Trends in Emergency Management
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Session 43: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Emergency Management
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Session 44: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Users
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Session 45: Final Examination

Appendix: Bibliograph