Table of Content
Part A: The Conceptual Basis of Disaster Management 1. Definitions and Terminology (Lidia Mayner and Erin Smith) 2. Disaster Trends and Impact (Ben Ryan and Richard Franklin) 3. Concepts and Principles (Brett Aimers and Linda Winn) Part B: Key Elements of Disaster Management 4. Disaster Management Systems (Peter Channells and Graeme McColl) 5. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Disaster Management (Fiona McDonald, Michael Eburn and Erin Smith) 6. Risk and its Management (Michael Tarrant and Carl Gibson) 7. Business Continuity Management (BCM) (David Parsons and Peter Brouggy) 8. Risk and Crisis Communication During Health Disasters (Amisha Mehta, Bob Jensen, Ingrid Larkin and Robina Xavier) 9. Community Engagement (Ghasem-Sam Toloo and Marie Fredriksen) Part C: Healthcare Considerations 10. The Healthcare System and Disaster Management (Charles Blanch, Gerard O'Reilly and Natasha Murray) 11. Healthcare Considerations in Disasters (Andrew Johnson, Michael Aitken and Peter A. Leggat) Part D: Getting Ready 12. Prevention and Mitigation (Gerard FitzGerald) 13. Planning (Mark Cannadine and Rosemary Hegner) 14. Preparedness (Julian Meagher and Rosemary Steinhardt) Part E: Incident Management 15. Incident Assessment and Evaluation (Gerard FitzGerald) 16. Incident Management (Marie Fredriksen, Justin Dunlop and Andrew Pearce) 17. External Assistance in Disasters (Charles Blanch, Ian Norton and Bronte Martin) Part F: Recovering 18. Community Recovery (Robert Lonne, Graeme McColl and Greg Marston) 19. Psychosocial Aspects of Disasters (Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Paul Scully) Part G: Unique Challenges of Particular Disasters 20. Natural Disasters (Weiwei Du, Mark Little and Angie Jackson) 21. Manmade Disasters (Carissa Oh, Stefan Mazur and Peter Logan) 22. Complex Events (Penny Burns, Brett Sutton and Peter A. Leggat) Part H: Strategic Considerations 23. Leadership (Peter Channels, Dudley McArdle and Bob Jensen) 24. Evaluation and Learning (Gerard FitzGerald and Marie Fredriksen) 25. Education, Training and Research (Amy Hughes, Vivienne Tippett, Nieves Amat Camacho and Peter Horrocks) 26. Future Challenges (Gerard FitzGerald, Michael Tarrant, Peter Aitken and K. Burns)
