Emergency Management Top 50 Reading List Recommended For Collegiate Educators

Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM, April 18, 2007 Draft

  1. Auf Der Heide. Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination. St. Louis: Mosbe, 1989.
  1. Benjamin, Daniel, and Steven Simon. The Age of Sacred Terror. New York: Random House, 2002.
  1. Brower, David J. and Charles C. Bohl. Principles and Practice of Hazards Mitigation. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, April 2000. At: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/HMPrinciple.asp
  1. Bullock, Jane, George Haddow, Damon Coppola, Erdem Ergin, Lisa Westerman, and Sarp Yeletaysi. Introduction to Homeland Security. Amsterdam and other cities: Elsevier, Butterworth Heinemann: 2005.
  1. Burby, Raymond J., et al. Building Disaster Resilient Communities. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, May 2002. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/downloads/BuildingDRCdoc.doc
  1. Burby, Raymond. Cooperating with Nature: Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 1998.
  1. Canton, Lucien G. Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs. Hoboken NJ: Wiley Inter-Science, 2007.
  1. Cutter, Susan L. (Ed.). American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards & Disasters. Wash DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2001.
  1. Department of Homeland Security. National Response Plan. Washington, DC: DHS, May 25, 2006 Revision. http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/committees/editorial_0566.shtm

10.  Drabek, Thomas E. and Gerard J. Hoetmer (eds.). Emergency Management: Principles

and Practice for Local Government. DC: International City Managers Association, 1991.

  1. Drabek, Thomas E. Strategies for Coordinating Disaster Responses. Boulder, CO: Program on Environment and Behavior, Monograph 61, University of Colorado, 2003.
  1. Drabek, Thomas E. Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2nd Edition. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, April 2004. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/sdd.asp
  1. EMAP Standards (Emergency Management Accreditation Program). NEMA
  1. Enarson, Elaine, et al. A Social Vulnerability Approach to Disasters. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, May 2003. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/completeCourses.asp
  1. FEMA. Guide For All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning (State and Local Guide (SLG) 101). Washington DC: FEMA, September 1996.
  1. FEMA Independent Study IS-1, Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position.
  1. FEMA. Multi Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment – A Cornerstone of the National Mitigation Strategy. Washington, DC: FEMA. 1997. Accessed at: http://www.app1.fema.gov/mit/tsd/dl_mhira.htm.
  1. Flynn, Stephen. The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding A Resilient Nation. NY: Random House, 2007.
  1. Godschalk, David R., with the Assistance of David Salvesen. Breaking the Disaster Life Cycle: Future Directions in Natural Hazard Mitigation. FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, March 2004. Accessed atL http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/breakingcycle.asp
  1. Godschalk, David R., Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David Brower, and Edward Kaiser. Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy & Planning. Island Press. 1999.

21.  Haddow, George D. and Jane A. Bullock. Introduction to Emergency Management (2nd Ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

  1. Kincaid, J. Peter. Research and Analysis Methods in Emergency Management. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, December 1998. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/raem.asp
  1. Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, Plans Establishing, Affecting & Guiding EM
  1. Lindell, Michael K., Carla Prater, Ronald W. Perry. Fundamentals of Emergency Management. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Hi-Ed Project, 2006.
  1. Lustic, Ian S. Trapped in the War on Terror. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
  1. May, Peter J, et al. Environmental Management and Governance: Intergovernmental Approaches to Hazards and Sustainability. London & NY: Routledge, 1996.
  1. McEntire, David A. Disaster Response Operations and Management. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, September 2005. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/drom.asp
  1. Mileti, Denis. Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the U.S. Washington, DC: Josephy Henry Press, 1999.
  1. Mueller, John. Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them. Free Press, 2006.
  1. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The 9/11 Commission Report (Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States; Authorized Edition). New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.
  1. National Research Council. Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2006.
  1. National Fire Protection Association. NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Conitnunity Programs, 2007Edition. Quincy, MA: NFPA, 2007. At: http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/CodesStandards/1600-2007.pdf or

http://www.nfpa.org/catalog/product.asp?pid=160007&src=nfpa&order_src=A292

  1. National Incident Management System (NIMS) materials, including FEMA IS-700.
  1. Noji, Eric K. (Ed.). The Public Health Consequences of Disasters. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  1. Perrow, Charles. 1999. Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  1. Pine, John. Hazard Mapping and Modeling. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, November 2006. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/hmm.asp
  1. Pine, John C. Technology and Emergency Management. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, February 1999. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/techem.asp
  1. Platt, Rutherford H. Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999.
  1. Quarantelli, E.L. (ed.) What is a Disaster – Perspectives on the Question. London

and New York: Routledge, 1998.

40.  Rodrigeuz, Havidan, Enrico L. Quarantelli, and Russell R. Dynes. Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, 2006.

  1. Rottman, Steven J. Individual and Community Disaster Education Course. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, March 2000. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/icde.asp
  1. Shaw, Greg. Business and Industry Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Contiuity. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, November 1999. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/busind.asp
  1. Shaw, Gregory. Hazards Risk Management. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, January 2004. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/hram.asp
  1. Smith, Gavin. Holistic Disaster Recovery: Creating a More Sustainable Future. Emmitsburg MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, September 2004. Accessible at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/sdr.asp
  1. Sylves, Richard T., and William L. Waugh, Jr. Disaster Management In The U.S. and Canada – The Politics, Policymaking, Administration and Analysis of Emergency Management (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1996.
  1. Tierney, Kathleen J, Michael K. Lindell and Ronald W. Perry. Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Joseph Henry Press, 2001.

47.  Tobin, Graham A. and Burrell E. Montz. Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration. New York and London: The Guilford Press, 1997.

  1. Waugh, William L. Living With Hazards/Dealing With Disasters-An Introduction To Emergency Management. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2000.
  1. Waugh, William L. Jr. Terrorism and Emergency Management. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, September 2000. Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/tem.asp
  1. Wisner, Ben, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, and Ian Davis. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd Ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 2004.