# **Conceptual and Applied Issues in Emergency Management (40.152)**

##### Time Tuesday Evenings 7:00 PM -- 10:00 PM Location Brodie Building, Room 3-42

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**Course Description**:

This course will introduce students to the current practices of
emergency management and the theories that they are based on. The course
will review the evolution of the current emergency management research
and its professional practices. In doing so, students will examine the
development and relevance of the field's concepts and practical
applications. The principles and components of a comprehensive emergency
management program will be presented and related to both urban and rural
settings. The legislative framework and organizational relationships of
the Canadian emergency management system will be discussed and
contrasted to other sectors within Canada and to international examples.
The four phases of comprehensive emergency management will each yield
topics for consideration including mitigation planning, public awareness
programs, incident management systems, and community recovery.

**Rationale:**

The past two decades have seen an alarming rise in the number and
magnitude of catastrophic events impacting our communities. One of the
few positive outcomes of these events is the refinement of a distinct
body of knowledge concerning the affects of hazards and disasters on our
society. The emergency management profession has matured in parallel to
this improved understanding of the issues. This course will allow
students to critically examine the profession and its relationship to
the research in preparation for employment or further classes in the
Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies program.

**Course Outline**

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| * | * | **TOPIC**                 | **READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS**     |
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| J | 1 | Course overview and       | Class Notes                      |
| a | . | administration            |                                  |
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| 7 |   | Foundations of hazards    |                                  |
|   |   | and disasters             |                                  |
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|   |   | Review the concepts of    |                                  |
|   |   | hazard, disaster and      |                                  |
|   |   | vulnerability.            |                                  |
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| J | 2 | Understanding How a       | Dynes, R. 1970. "Ways of         |
| a | . | Disaster and our Response | Conceptualizing Organized        |
| n |   | Happens -- the theories   | Behavior" Chapter 6 (pp 136-149) |
| 1 |   | of who does what, when    | in *Organized Behavior in        |
| 4 |   | they do it, where it      | Disaster*. Lexington: Heath      |
|   |   | happens and why it always | Lexington Books                  |
|   |   | seems to come out the     |                                  |
|   |   | same.                     |                                  |
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| J | 3 | Principles of             | **Britton, N. 2001. "A New       |
| a | . | comprehensive emergency   | Emergency Management for a New   |
| n |   | management                | Millennium" *Australian Journal  |
| 2 |   |                           | of Emergency Management*. 16(4)  |
| 1 |   | Emergency management      | pp44-54.**                       |
|   |   | systems and options       |                                  |
|   |   |                           | Hightower, H. and M. Coutu 1996  |
|   |   |                           | "Coordinating Emergency          |
|   |   |                           | Management: A Canadian Example"  |
|   |   |                           | pp.69-98 in Sylves, R and W.     |
|   |   |                           | Waugh (eds.) *Disaster           |
|   |   |                           | Management in the U.S. and       |
|   |   |                           | Canada: The politics             |
|   |   |                           | Policymaking Administration and  |
|   |   |                           | Analysis of Emergency            |
|   |   |                           | Management.* Springfield:        |
|   |   |                           | Charles C Tomas Publisher.       |
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| J | 4 | History of emergency      | Fact Sheets from the Office of   |
| a | . | management in Canada and  | Critical Infrastructure          |
| n |   | the USA                   | Protection and Emergency         |
| 2 |   |                           | Preparedness (formerly Emergency |
| 8 |   | Organizational and        | Preparedness Canada)             |
|   |   | Legislative review        |                                  |
|   |   |                           | Timelines from Claire Rubin et   |
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| F | 5 | Components of emergency   | "Chapter 2 The Function of       |
| e | . | response                  | Emergency Management" by R. Hy   |
| b |   |                           | and W. Waugh pp11-26 in W. Waugh |
| 4 |   | Disaster Warning systems  | and R. Hy (eds.). 1990*.         |
|   |   |                           | Handbook of Emergency            |
|   |   | Evacuation planning and   | Management: Programs and         |
|   |   | management                | Policies Dealing with Major      |
|   |   |                           | Hazards and Disasters*. New      |
|   |   | Incident Management       | York: Greenwood Press            |
|   |   | Systems                   |                                  |
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| F | 6 | # Introduc                | Summary pp xxv-xxxv in Haas, J., |
| e | . | tion to disaster recovery | R. Kates and M. Bowden           |
| b |   |                           | (eds.)1977. *Reconstruction      |
| 1 |   | # Business c              | Following Disaster*. Cambridge:  |
| 1 |   | ontinuity and resumption  | The MIT Press                    |
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|   |   |                           | Tierney, K., J. Nigg, and J.     |
|   |   |                           | Dahlhamer. 1996 "The Impact of   |
|   |   |                           | the 1993 Midwest Floods:         |
|   |   |                           | Business Vulnerability and       |
|   |   |                           | Disruption in Des Moines".       |
|   |   |                           | Chapter IX (pp 214 to 233) in    |
|   |   |                           | Sylves, R and W. Waugh (eds.)    |
|   |   |                           | *Disaster Management in the U.S. |
|   |   |                           | and Canada: The Politics         |
|   |   |                           | Policymaking Administration and  |
|   |   |                           | Analysis of Emergency            |
|   |   |                           | Management.* Springfield:        |
|   |   |                           | Charles C Tomas Publisher.       |
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| F | 7 | When is it over? The      | Haas, J., P. Trainer, M. Bowden, |
| e | . | transition of disaster    | and R. Bolin. 1977.              |
| b |   | recovery to mitigation    | "Reconstruction Issues in        |
| 1 |   | and preparedness          | Perspective" in Haas, J., R.     |
| 8 |   |                           | Kates and M. Bowden (eds.).      |
|   |   | Recovery and              | 1977. *Reconstruction Following  |
|   |   | reconstruction in urban   | Disaster*. Cambridge: The MIT    |
|   |   | development               | Press.                           |
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|   |   |                           | Comerio, M. 1998. "Rethinking    |
|   |   |                           | Urban Disaster Recovery Policy'. |
|   |   |                           | Chapter 6 (pp.233-260) in        |
|   |   |                           | *Disaster Hits Home: New Policy  |
|   |   |                           | for Urban Housing Recovery*.     |
|   |   |                           | Berkeley: University of          |
|   |   |                           | California Press                 |
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| F | 8 | MID-TERM BREAK            | ***enjoy***                      |
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| M | 9 | Planning theory applied   | Godschalk, D., E. Kaiser, and P. |
| a | . | to mitigation and         | Berke. 1998. "Integrating Hazard |
| r |   | preparedness programs     | Mitigation and Local Land Use    |
| 4 |   |                           | Planning" Chapter 4 (pp. 85-118) |
|   |   |                           | in Burby, R. ed. 1998.           |
|   |   |                           | Cooperating with Nature:         |
|   |   |                           | Confronting Natural Hazards with |
|   |   |                           | Land-use planning for            |
|   |   |                           | Sustainable Communities.         |
|   |   |                           | Washington: Joseph Henry Press.  |
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| # | 1 | Guest Lecturer            | TBA                              |
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| M | . |                           | Video -- Mileti at the MB EMO    |
| a |   |                           | Conference 2002                  |
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| M | 1 | Risk assessment,          | Helm, P. 1998. "Comprehensive    |
| a | 1 | management and            | Risk Management for              |
| r | . | communication             | Environmental Hazards". Chapter  |
| 1 |   |                           | 20 (pp.227-240) in D. Elms       |
| 8 |   |                           | (ed.). *Owning the Future:       |
|   |   |                           | Integrated Risk Management in    |
|   |   |                           | Practice*. Christchurch:         |
|   |   |                           | University of Canterbury.        |
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|   |   |                           | Gough, J. 1998. "Effective Risk  |
|   |   |                           | Communication". Chapter 8        |
|   |   |                           | (pp.113-124) in D. Elms (ed.).   |
|   |   |                           | *Owning the Future: Integrated   |
|   |   |                           | Risk Management in Practice*.    |
|   |   |                           | Christchurch: University of      |
|   |   |                           | Canterbury.                      |
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| M | 1 | Emergency Management and  | Quarantelli, E. 1993. "The       |
| a | 2 | the Media                 | Different Worlds of Science and  |
| r | . |                           | Mass Communication: Implications |
| 2 |   |                           | for Information Flow from the    |
| 5 |   |                           | Former to the Latter" pp175-182  |
|   |   |                           | in Nemec, J., J. Nigg and F      |
|   |   |                           | Siccardi (eds.). *Prediction and |
|   |   |                           | Perception of Natural Hazards*.  |
|   |   |                           | Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic       |
|   |   |                           | Publishers.                      |
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|   |   |                           | Videos -- Wellington and         |
|   |   |                           | Auckland examples                |
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| A | 1 | Creating a prepared       | "Chapter 4 Reaching Out: Getting |
| p | 3 | community                 | the Community Involved in        |
| r | . |                           | Preparedness" by Scanlon, J.     |
| 1 |   | Emergency Planning        | pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G.    |
|   |   | Processes                 | Hoetmer (eds.) 1991 .*Emergency  |
|   |   |                           | Management :Principles and       |
|   |   |                           | Practice for Local Government*.  |
|   |   |                           | Washington: International City   |
|   |   |                           | Management Association.          |
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| A | 1 | Emerging Issues -- what   | Videos                           |
| p | 4 | does the future hold?     |                                  |
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**Reading List:**

> No text will be required. Assigned readings will be provided.

**Student Evaluation:**

> Written assignment (20%) with in-class presentation (10%) 30% January
> 30, 2002
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> Take home mid-term test 30% February 27 to March 6, 2001
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> Final essay assignment 35% April 2, 2001
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> Class attendance and participation 5% through out term

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