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PADM 8590 - Disaster Mgt in Public Sector

Institution:
Clemson University
Subject:
Public Administration
Description:
Explores the concepts central to managing natural and technological disasters. Students are introduced to disaster response operations, including the various actors and their roles/responsibilities; the disaster declaration process, policies and effects of intergovernmental relations; disaster recovery; legal issues that affect disaster planning; management of a number of issues after the disaster has occurred including volunteers, donations and evacuees/refugees; crisis communications, technology, and threats posed by an aging American infrastructure. The course further considers the public policy implications of disasters and how disasters themselves influence the development of new public policy or a change/shift in the direction of existing policy. These considerations involve discussion of human nature and the behavioral dynamics associated with disasters.
Credits:
3.00
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Instructional Type:
Lecture
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Phone Number:
(864) 656-4636
Regional Accreditation:
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar System:
Semester

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