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A leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management

Table of Contents

1. The Management of Disasters2. Hazards3. Risk and Vulnerability4. Mitigation5. Preparedness6. Response7. Recovery8. Participants—Governmental Disaster Management Agencies9. Participants—Nongovernmental Organizations (Including the Private Sector and Academia)10. Participants—Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions11. Special Considerations

About the Author

Damon P. Coppola is the founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC. He has extensive experience in disaster management capacity development, disaster risk management, and planning through his work with the United Nations; the World Bank Group; The US Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the US Army Corps of Engineers, among others. Mr. Coppola serves as a Senior Disaster Management Specialist at the Hawaii-based Pacific Disaster Center and is a faculty member at Loma Linda University and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.E.M in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management from George Washington University and an A.R.M. from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.

Reviews

"...manages to be both concise and sufficiently deep to be useful to the security practitioner who needs either a quick reference or a resource for more detail into the various subjects. Coppola’s approachable writing style is informative and balanced. This book belongs in your professional library." --Security Management"...a whopper of a book for a whopper of a subject...it takes you through the hazards; the risks...and mitigation; then preparedness and response and recovery. " --Professional Security Magazine Online