TY - GEN
T1 - Economic effects in emergency management during the last decade
AU - Renken, Katharina
AU - Jackman, Andrea
AU - Beruvides, Mario
N1 - Funding Information:
The origins of governmental emergency management in the United States by Congress in addressing hardships and especially devastating events such as natural disasters reach back to 1789. [3] The Federal Emergency Management Agency, emerged from the Office of Emergency Management, funded by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. [3] Over a decade ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency became part of the Department of Homeland Security. [3] The topic of mitigation and preparedness has gathered increased attention ever since, following natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. [4] Emergency management is a complex topic, involving the participation of diverse entities such as policy makers, public and private institutions, governmental agencies, and others. Furthermore, emergency management reaches over several different phases from mitigation, far before a disaster is in sight, to establishing and enforcing building codes long after a disaster has occurred. This complexity is addressed by Jackman and Beruvides, splitting the stages of emergency management into four phases. [5] The four phases are mitigation, preparedness, reponse, and recovery. The order and interaction as well as each phases activities are demonstrated in Figure 2.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - An increasing number of declared major disasters in recent years leads to the question whether money spent on mitigation and preparedness (pre-disaster spending) is spent well to reduce the money spent on response and recovery (post-disaster spending). While research investigates the impact of politics on the decision-making process in regards of the declaration of a major disaster by the president, and the impact of new media on the decisionmaking process, research does not fully investigate the economic effects of pre-disaster spending on the postdisaster spending. However, a relationship between these variables should be present: A high amount spent on mitigation and preparedness before the disaster is expected to reduce the amount needed after a disaster. This paper will investigate this relationship on the state level.
AB - An increasing number of declared major disasters in recent years leads to the question whether money spent on mitigation and preparedness (pre-disaster spending) is spent well to reduce the money spent on response and recovery (post-disaster spending). While research investigates the impact of politics on the decision-making process in regards of the declaration of a major disaster by the president, and the impact of new media on the decisionmaking process, research does not fully investigate the economic effects of pre-disaster spending on the postdisaster spending. However, a relationship between these variables should be present: A high amount spent on mitigation and preparedness before the disaster is expected to reduce the amount needed after a disaster. This paper will investigate this relationship on the state level.
KW - Economic effects
KW - Emergency management
KW - Major disasters
KW - Post-disaster spending
KW - Pre-disaster spending
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030982317
T3 - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
SP - 169
EP - 174
BT - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
A2 - Nembhard, Harriet B.
A2 - Coperich, Katie
A2 - Cudney, Elizabeth
PB - Institute of Industrial Engineers
T2 - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
Y2 - 20 May 2017 through 23 May 2017
ER -