Emergency Management Planning as Collaborative Community Work

Community-based collaborative information system for emergency management

Natural and man-made disasters, such as tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, and epidemics pose a significant threat to human societies. To respond to emergencies in a fast and an effective manner, Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is very important for the decision-making process. The provision of information concerning the ‘‘ground-zero’’ situation to the emergency management stakeholders is an...

Collaborative Planning and Ecosystem Management

Professional Work: The Emergence of Collaborative Community

This paper traces the main lines of evolution of the organization of professional work. The argument is illustrated with material on the case of doctors and hospitals. While market and hierarchy principles have become progressively more salient in professional work, we argue that, in parallel, the community principle has been growing more influential, too. We further argue that professional com...

Emergency planning and community right-to-know.

Integrating hospitals into community emergency preparedness planning.

BACKGROUND Strong community linkages are essential to a health care organization's overall preparedness for emergencies. OBJECTIVE To assess community emergency preparedness linkages among hospitals, public health officials, and first responders and to investigate the influence of community hazards, previous preparation for an event requiring national security oversight, and experience respon...