Urban Emergency Management: Planning and Response for the 21st Century

by Thomas Henkey

Overview

Urban Emergency Management: Planning and Response for the 21st Century takes the concepts and practices of emergency management and places them in the context of the complex challenges faced by the contemporary city. Cities provide unique challenges to emergency managers. The concentrated population and often dense layering of infrastructure can be particularly susceptible to disasters—both natural and human-caused. The book provides guidance across all phases of emergency management, including prevention and all-hazards approaches.

• Presents an all-hazards and all-phases approach to emergency management, including natural hazards and human-caused disasters
• Covers the human capital and political and leadership qualities needed by urban emergency managers
• Targets the needs of emergency management in urban settings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128092200
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/25/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Thomas Henkey served for six years as Senior Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Chicago, where he was responsible for disaster planning and response, as well as special events, physical-security, infrastructure, transportation, and antiterrorism analysis. Mr. Henkey also has nearly 15 years of experience in a range of private-sector and nonprofit safety and security management roles. He is currently the Director of Emergency Management for Titan Security Group.

Mr. Henkey is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), a Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM II), and a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers, the ASIS Cultural Properties Council, the International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection, the Illinois Security Professionals Association, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the vice-chairman of the Chicago Cultural Properties Security Group, and the former chairman of the ASIS International Museum Committee. Mr. Henkey holds undergraduate degrees from St. Louis University, and a Master’s Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Urban Emergency Management2. Development and History of Emergency Management3. Natural Hazards and the Urban Environment4. Human-Caused Hazards and Hybrid Hazards5. Assessing Risk in Urban Areas6. Incident Command Systems and NIMS7. Collaboration in Urban Environments8. Emergency Management and Homeland Security in Urban Areas9. Prevention Phase10. Preparedness Phase11. Mitigation Phase12. Response Phase13. Recovery Phase14. Future of Urban Emergency Management

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Offers an updated look into the unique challenges and approaches to emergency management in contemporary urban settings

Editorial Reviews

"Author Thomas Henkey provides an excellent review of the fundamental concepts of emergency management in Urban Emergency Management: Planning and Response for the 21st Century. ...Henkey has done a great job in bringing current information on urban emergency management into a single publication. It is a good source of review for all emergency management practitioners and offers a thoughtful analysis of emergency management techniques as applied to recent events." —Security Management

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