Exam 15: Future Directions in Emergency Management

not necessary for policy makers to understand the causes of hazards to manage them effectively.

Plans for responding to terrorist threats can use many of the procedures you expect to use for ___________________ accidents.

Many emergency managers have limited contact with land-use planners and public health departments.

Emergency response technologies have improved forecast and warning systems for a variety of different hazards.

People are becoming aware that the state of our ____________ is a major factor in the occurrence of disasters.

Income and wealth are becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest.

Consumption of the world's fresh water supply may reach 90% by:

Emergency managers can use many of the common technology tools to quickly assess damage and send the information back to the EOC for:

Much of the increase in the U. S. population will occur in ______________ areas.

It is important for emergency managers to build coalitions with:

Define megadisaster and give an example of one.

Climate change will increase the number of extreme events.

Residents of developed countries are demanding that many technologies become safer and most are willing to pay higher taxes for the safety.

Emergency managers will be more effective if they can show that it is less expensive to _____________ hazards than rebuild after disaster.

Collaboration among jurisdictions within a region or between levels of government requires some degree of:

The goals of economic development, private property rights, public safety and public welfare are much the same.

Urban concentration of population and wealth creates the potential for a _______________.

Why should emergency managers be concerned with climate change?

Property owners in disaster prone areas are being subsidized by the rest of the taxpayers.

The greatest advance in technology for emergency management has been the availability of: