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Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Jane Bullock · George Haddow · Damon Coppola

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    • Introduction to Emergency Management
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management
      • Chapter 2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment
      • Chapter 3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
      • Chapter 4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness
      • Chapter 5. Communications
      • Chapter 6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response
      • Chapter 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
      • Chapter 8. International Disaster Management
      • Chapter 9: Emergency Management and the Terrorist Threat
      • Chapter 10. The Future of Emergency Management
      • Disasters and Case Studies
    • Introduction to Homeland Security
      • Chapter 1. Homeland Security: The Concept, The Organization
      • Chapter 2. Historic Overview of the Terrorist Threat
      • Chapter 3. Hazards
      • Chapter 4. Governmental Homeland Security Structures
      • Chapter 5. Intelligence and Counterterrorism
      • Chapter 6. Border Security, Immigration, and Customs Enforcement
      • Chapter 7. Transportation Safety and Security
      • Chapter 8. Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection
      • Chapter 9. All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery
      • Chapter 10. Mitigation, Prevention, and Preparedness
      • Chapter 11. Communications
      • Chapter 12. Science and Technology
      • Chapter 13. The Future of Homeland Security
    • Introduction to International Disaster Management
      • Chapter 1. The Management of Disasters
      • Chapter 2. Hazards
      • Chapter 3. Risk and Vulnerability
      • Chapter 4. Mitigation
      • Chapter 5. Preparedness
      • Chapter 6. Response
      • Chapter 7. Recovery
      • Chapter 8. Participants: Governmental Disaster Management Agencies
      • Chapter 9. Participants: Nongovernmental Organizations, Academia, and the Private Sector
      • Chapter 10. Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions
      • Chapter 11. Special Considerations
    • Homeland Security: The Essentials
      • Chapter 1. Homeland Security: The Concept, The Organization
      • Chapter 2. Historic Overview of the Terrorist Threat
      • Chapter 3: Hazards
      • Chapter 4. Governmental Homeland Security Structures
      • Chapter 5: Intelligence and Counterterrorism
      • Chapter 6. Border Security, Immigration, and Customs Enforcement
      • Chapter 7. Transportation Safety and Security
      • Chapter 8. Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection
      • Chapter 9. All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery
      • Chapter 10. Mitigation, Prevention, and Preparedness
      • Chapter 11. Communications
      • Chapter 12. Science and Technology
  • Special Topics
    • Climate Change
    • Communication
    • Conferences, Calls for Papers, and Other Key Happenings
    • Covid-19
    • Cybersecurity
    • Major Events
      • 2023 Major Events (January – June)
      • 2022 Major Events
      • 2021 Major Events
      • 2020 Major Events
    • Risk
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Major Events 2020

Norway Landslide (December 2020)

  • 11 people missing after landslide strikes southern Norway, leaving large crater (CNN, 12/31/2020)

Beirut Port Blast (August 2020)

  • Timeline of Explosions in Lebanon (Reuters, August 4, 2020)
  • Video – Forensic Architecture
  • How the Beirut Explosion Happened (New York Times, September 9, 2020)
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