Case Studies in Disaster Response: Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series - Tapa blanda

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Shirley Feldmann-Jensen is the Program Coordinator and a lecturer for the Emergency Services Administration Master of Science Program at California State University, Long Beach. Her doctoral degree in Policy, Planning and Development was earned from the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, her MPH from California State University, Long Beach, and her graduate certificate in Health Emergencies in Large Populations from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has policy expertise at the intersection of emergency management and human outcomes, with a research focus on foundations that advance the professionalization of emergency management.

Jean Slick is a Professor Emerita and Director for Center for Disaster and Community Resilience at Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada, where she was previously the Director of the Disaster Management program. Previously she held a range of leadership positions in the Canadian Red Cross, including Director of Disaster Management and International Services for Western Canada. In 2004, she was posted to Indonesia for two years as the country representative for the Canadian Red Cross tsunami recovery program.

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Case Studies in Disaster Response: Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series focuses on the key functions to be performed in the emergency response to a disaster, how these functions are coordinated, and the typical challenges and issues that emerge. Cases address both hazard- and response-generated needs. Also explored are the needs generated by emergent threats (e.g., Ebola crisis), emergent technologies (e.g., social media), and emergent groups (e.g., social innovation teams) that set the stage for innovation and adaption.