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Effective Disaster Response in Cross Border Events
Author(s) -
Edwards Frances L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2009.00584.x
Subject(s) - notice , scope (computer science) , plan (archaeology) , disaster response , environmental planning , business , emergency management , emergency response , event (particle physics) , environmental resource management , risk analysis (engineering) , political science , geography , computer science , environmental science , law , medical emergency , medicine , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , programming language
Disasters occur cyclically, seasonally, or in geologic time, sometimes without notice, causing loss of life and environmental and property damage. Communities must be prepared to assess their risks and the consequences of disasters, and determine which vulnerable populations will need special assistance. The building blocks of effective disaster management are risk assessment, mitigation, planning, training and exercises for response, and a good plan for recovery, whether the scope is limited to one community or is a cross border – interstate or international – event. However, cross border events create additional political, social and diplomatic challenges that require additional planning.