The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student's perspective (open access)

The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student's perspective

This article describes a few of the challenges facing current emergency management curriculum and how the University of North Texas Emergency Administration and Planning program is addressing these challenges.
Date: 2002
Creator: Fuller, Christopher
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation (open access)

Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation

Article describes study where thirty emergency management coordinators from the North Central Texas region were interviewed to examine how they define their roles in hazard mitigation planning; then, grounded theory analysis generated six themes regarding the broad roles they practice.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Samuel, Carlos & Siebeneck, Laura K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership (open access)

Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership

This article uses the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as guidelines to assess the progress of flood resilience building in Thailand.
Date: March 5, 2018
Creator: Khunwishit, Somporn; Choosuk, Chanisada & Webb, Gary
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management (open access)

Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management

Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.
Date: 2014
Creator: McEntire, David
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library