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Disaster Management, Inclusion and Representative Bureaucracy
There is discussion within disaster management of bottom-up strategies that strive to build the capabilities of the local community to face disasters. This often is spurred on by the realization…
Preparing and Budgeting for Resilience in the Urban Environment
The concept of resilience is replacing sustainability as the new prerogative for cities across the world particularly as the impacts of climate change become apparent on many vulnerable cities. Resilience…
Rutgers Launches Web Series on Anti-Corruption
Starting Feb. 18, 2016, free webinars will be provided each month to scholars, practitioners and students worldwide. Each webinar will last approximately 50-60 minutes, with 25-30 minutes for presentation and…
Refugee Resettlement: An Emergency Management Issue
In wealthy economies, migration policy is a controversial issue but rarely thought of in terms of emergency management. Instead, natural disasters or large-scale violence is often the focus of emergency…
The Influence of Social Media on Emergency Management
Social media is more than just looking at pictures, “liking” my friends posts or commenting on news feeds on my page; it is partly how I get my news. Before…
Vigilant Citizenship
With a recent focus in the news on local violence and national security threats, we’re reminded of how important it is to stay safe. While living in fear is not…
Campus Safety and Emergency Response
As a retired police officer that transitioned to higher education, I view the unique challenge of school safety as a balance between fostering an open, safe environment for the exchange…
Municipal Budgeting in the Face of Emergencies
Municipal budgeting involves the allocation of limited financial resources through a very political process. The challenges faced by cities in preparing their budgets are intensified by the need to plan…
Community Development After Disaster Strikes
For more than 10 years, the United States has faced serious environmental challenges in the form of flooding caused by hurricanes. It has led to wanton destruction of lives and…
Emergency Financial Management Planning
Dan Wears is the Commissioner of Emergency Management for Onondaga County in upstate New York. He doesn’t worry much about hurricanes and not too much about earthquakes. But he does…
A Look at Program Implementation
The purpose of government agencies is not to have an IT staff, a legal staff, a human resources staff, or any number of other support staffs. The purpose of government…