Emergency Management Top 50 Reading List Recommended For Collegiate Educators

Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM, April 18, 2007    Draft [sic]

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The list is revised, herein, to incorporate information about availablity of titles to Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA). E-books to which the MMA Library subscribes are marked MMA ONLY which means access is limited to MMA students, faculty and staff.
  1. Auf Der Heide.  Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination. St. Louis: Mosbe, 1989. MMA Call Number: HV 555 U6 A94 1989
  2. Benjamin, Daniel, and Steven Simon.  The Age of Sacred Terror.  New York:  Random House, 2002. e-Book: available online MMA ONLY
  3. 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.  Available online at:  http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/HMPrinciple.asp
  4. Bullock, Jane, et. al.   Introduction to Homeland Security. 2ndEdition.  Amsterdam and other cities:  Elsevier, Butterworth Heinemann:  2006. MMA Call number: HV 6432 I58 2006.  e-Book: online soon (11 Sep 08)
  5. 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
  6. Burby, Raymond.  Cooperating with Nature: Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities. Washington, DC:  Joseph Henry Press, 1998. e-Book: available online MMA ONLY
  7. Canton, Lucien G.  Emergency Management:  Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs.  Hoboken NJ:  Wiley Inter-Science, 2007. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 C36 2007
  8. Cutter, Susan L. (Ed.).  American Hazardscapes:  The Regionalization of Hazards & Disasters.  Wash DC:  Joseph Henry Press, 2001. MMA Call Number: GB 5010 A43 2001. e-Book: available online MMA ONLY
  9. 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. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 E44 1991
  11. Drabek, Thomas E.  Strategies for Coordinating Disaster Responses.  Boulder, CO:  Program on Environment and Behavior, Monograph 61, University of Colorado, 2003. MMA Call Number: HV 551.2 D72 2003
  12. Drabek, Thomas E.  Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2ndEdition.  Emmitsburg, MD:  FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, April 2004.  Accessed at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/sdd.asp
  13. EMAP Standards (Emergency Management Accreditation Program). FEMA. Available online at: http://www.emaponline.org/
  14. 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
  15. FEMA.  Guide For All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning (State and Local Guide (SLG) 101).  Washington DC:  FEMA, September 1996. Available online at: http://www.fema.gov/plan/gaheop.shtm
  16. FEMA Independent Study IS-1, Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position. Available online at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/is/is1.asp
  17. 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.
  18. Flynn, Stephen.  The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding A Resilient Nation.  NY: Random House, 2007. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 F62 2007
  19. 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 at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/breakingcycle.asp
  20. Godschalk, David R., Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David Brower, and Edward Kaiser. Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy & Planning. Island Press. 1999. MMA Call Number: KF 3750 N38 1999
  21. Haddow, George D. and Jane A. Bullock.  Introduction to Emergency Management (2ndEd.).  Burlington, MA:  Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. MMA Call Number: HV 551.2 H3 2006.  e-Book: online soon (11 Sep 08)
  22. 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
  23. Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, Plans Establishing, Affecting & Guiding EM. Search the Internet using Google
  24. Lindell, Michael K., Carla Prater, Ronald W. Perry.  Fundamentals of Emergency Management.  Emmitsburg MD:  FEMA Emergency Management Hi-Ed Project, 2006. Available online at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIweb/edu/fem.asp
  25. Lustic, Ian S.  Trapped in the War on Terror.  Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. MMA Call Number: HV 6432 L87 2006
  26. May, Peter J, et al.  Environmental Management and Governance:  Intergovernmental Approaches to Hazards and Sustainability. London & NY: Routledge, 1996. MMA Call Number: HD 156 E58 1996
  27. 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
  28. Mileti, Denis.  Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the U.S. Washington, DC:  Josephy Henry Press, 1999. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 M55 1999. e-Book: available online MMA ONLY
  29. Mueller, John.  Overblown:  How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them.  Free Press, 2006. MMA Call Number: HV 6432 M84 2006
  30. 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. MMA Call Number: HV 6432.7 N38 2004. Available online at: http://www.9-11commission.gov/
  31. National Research Council.  Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions.  Washington, DC:  National Academies Press, 2006. Available online at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11671&page=R1
  32. National Fire Protection Association.  NFPA 1600:  Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Conitnunity Programs, 2007Edition.  Quincy, MA:  NFPA, 2007. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 N373 2004.  Available online 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">to purchase a copy.
  33. National Incident Management System (NIMS) materials, including FEMA IS-700. Available online at: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/
  34. Noji, Eric K. (Ed.).  The Public Health Consequences of Disasters.  New York and Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 1997. MMA Call Number: RA 645.5 P83 1997
  35. Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technology.  Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press, 1999. MMA Call Number: HD 7262 P55 1999
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. Platt, Rutherford H.  Disasters and Democracy:  The Politics of Extreme Natural Events.   Washington, DC:  Island Press, 1999. MMA Call Number: HV 555 U6 P53 1999
  39. Quarantelli, E.L. (ed.)  What is a Disaster - Perspectives on the Question.  London and New York:  Routledge, 1998. MMA Call Number: HV 553 W47 1998
  40. Rodrigeuz, Havidan, Enrico L. Quarantelli, and Russell R. Dynes.  Handbook of Disaster Research.  Springer, 2006. MMA Call Number: HV 553 H36 2007
  41. 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
  42. Shaw, Greg.  Business and Industry Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Continuity.  Emmitsburg MD:  FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project College Course, November 1999.  Accessed at:  http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/busind.asp
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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. MMA Call Number: HV 555 U6 C58 1996
  46. 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. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 T54 2001. e-Book: available online MMA ONLY
  47. Tobin, Graham A. and Burrell E. Montz.  Natural Hazards:  Explanation and Integration.  New York and London:  The Guilford Press, 1997. MMA Call Number: GB 5014 T63 1997
  48. Waugh, William L. Living With Hazards/Dealing With Disasters-An Introduction To Emergency Management. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2000. MMA Call Number: HV 551.3 W38 1999
  49. 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
  50. 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. MMA Call Number: GB 5014 A82 2003

Est. 8 Aug 2008; Last Revision: 11 Sep 2008