Disaster Response and Recovery
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Disaster Response and Recovery GEO 4000/6000C01 Spring 2003 Instructor: Ann Angelheart Meeting Time: M W F 9:00-9:50am Classroom: McEniry #122 Office Hours: daily 1:00pm-2:00pm, or by appt. Office Location: 420 McEniry; turn right as you exit the elevators; at the end of the hallway turn left; my office will then be on your right – my office is at the back of the room #420 (by the windows) There will be no class held on the following dates: Monday Jan. 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weds.-Fri. Mar. 5-7 Instructor at Conference Mon.-Fri. Mar. 10-14 Spring Break To contact Miss Angelheart: 704-687-6222 (If I’m not in, please leave a message.) aeangelh@email.uncc.edu Textbooks: Environmental Hazards, 3rd Edition; Keith Smith The Environment as Hazard, 2nd Edition; Burton, Kates, & White
This is an introductory course intended for upper-level undergraduates or graduate students. It covers why human activity occupies “risky” places; how people, groups and governments respond to disaster; the long-term ramifications of decisions made during the disaster’s aftermath; the social, planning, and economic issues that arise during reconstruction after a disaster. The essence of the course is to provide the framework of current academic knowledge about disasters, and then examine disasters from various points of view. The majority of examples will be from natural disasters that occurred in the U.S., although the principles are true for other countries, and for intentional or unintentional human-caused disasters (e.g., terrorism, oil spills). For example, we’ll consider the following questions:
Grading Scale Attendance – 10% Papers (Combined Value) – 30% Midterm Exam – 25% Final Exam – 35%
1st paper (lit. review paper) due Monday, March 24, at the beginning of the class period. I will proofread a draft of your paper if you get it to me by Monday, March 17. Mid-term exam: Monday, March 3 2nd paper (case study paper) due Friday, April 25, at the beginning of the class period. Final exam: Wednesday, April 30, in class.
The papers will be described in the class. The general guidelines are as follows:
Grades for Papers
I want to read your writing with your words. I expect neither sophisticated, scholarly writing, nor writing that would land you on the New York Times bestseller list. I simply want clear, concise writing that describes and explains whatever viewpoint your paper is trying to convey. In other words, there are no “bonus points” for “wow-ing” me. WebCT
For those that commute to school, should there be an unexpected cancellation of class, the instructor will post a notice on WebCT. To log onto webct: go to: www.uncc.edu/webct click on the Login button; enter your webct id and password in all lowercase letters. Your user id is the same as your campus email account (the portion of your address that precedes the @ symbol). If this doesn’t work, on the webct page, go to: Login Troubleshooting. Course Outline Week 1 – Risk, Vulnerability, Resilience Week 2 – Meteorologic Hazards Week 3 – Geologic Hazards Week 4 – Risk Communication/Interpretation & Media Roles Week 5 – Evacuation & Refusal to Evacuate Week 6 – Convergence, Altruism, and Subgroup response to disaster Week 7 – Community Response and Grieving Midterm Week 8/9 – Government Response/Emergency Management (Fed/State/Local) Week 10/11 – Aid/Support Groups (Local, National, International, Emergent, Activist) Week 12 – Planning/Mitigation Efforts Week 13 – Other Postdisaster Development Issues (e.g., economic, social, environmental) Week 14 -- Human-Caused Hazards: Accidental, Technological, & Terrorist Week 15 – Disaster in the Developing World Final Exam Books on Reserve These are on reserve at the library, so that you may refer to them for ideas or for material to cite for your papers. (A * indicates that the book is the property of the library.) Government Policy & Planning Disasters by Design* Mileti (also available free at National Academy Press) Natural Hazard Mitigation* Godschalk, Beatley, Berke, Brower, & Kaiser Disasters and Democracy* Platt Social Behavior and Social Issues Disasters, Collective Behavior, and Social Organization* Dynes & Tierney At Risk Blaikie, Cannon, Davis, & Wisner Natural Hazards Tobin & Montz Specific Events/Case Studies The Angry Earth Oliver-Smith & Hoffman Facing Our Future Maiolo, Whitehead, McGee, King, Johnson & Stone Hurricane Andrew Peacock, Morrow, Gladwin Isaac’s Storm Larson Galveston & the 1900 Storm Bixel & Turner Directory: hiedu -> downloads downloads -> Course Title: a social Vulnerability Approach to Disasters downloads -> Idt 453 Management Process for Public Safety Managers downloads -> Emergency Management in Canada: Near Misses and Moving Targets downloads -> Emergency Management in China downloads -> 1 David A. McEntire2 Heriberto Urby3 downloads -> Chapter 6: Communication downloads -> Emg375: Critical Thinking and Decision Making in the Crisis Environment downloads -> Emergency Management in Scandinavia: Lessons Learned At Home and Abroad Joanne Stone Wyman, Ph. D. 1 Introduction downloads -> South Seton Avenue Emmitsburg, md 21727 Submitted By: George Haddow Bullock & Haddow llc downloads -> Disasters by Discipline 1 : necessary dialogue for emergency management education Share with your friends:
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