U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century : From Disaster to Catastrophe (Paperback, 2 ed)

1. Challenges?- Recent and Future? 2. Emerging Tipping Points in Policy and Practice? 3. Hard Lessons in the Human Nature of Pandemics: COVID-19 Response and Recovery in the United States? 4. Transporting Toxics? 5. Rural Tornado Outbreaks: Inequities in Exposure, Response, and Recovery? 6. Wildfires: Firestorms, Smoke, and Unintended Consequences? 7. From Phoenix to Buffalo: Experiences with Extreme Temperature? 8. Not Enough Water: Drought Emergencies in the American Southwest? 9. Climate Whiplash: Close Calls in Managing Water in the American West? 10. Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding: Lessons from Vermont, Tennessee, Montana, and New York City? 11. Hurricanes: Challenges in an Era of Rapid Intensification and Previously Unthinkable Disasters? 12. Foreshadowing the Future: What is Looming on the Horizon?? 13. Conclusion? 14. About the Authors