%0 Journal Article
%T The Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management
%A Robb Shawe
%A Ian R. McAndrew
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 425-435
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2023.115028
%X The technological progress of the 20<sup>th</sup> and
21<sup>st</sup> centuries has increased the risk of manufactured disasters. In
contrast, the current political landscape has led to a surge of threats related
to terrorism. Nevertheless, one aspect of emergency management has remained
relevant throughout the centuries. Since the <span>dawn
of life, humanity has been subject to dangerous natural phenomena.</span> N<span>atural disaster remains widely used across settings
and differentiates be</span><span>tween
human-conditioned and less controllable events caused by envir</span>onmental<span> processes. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes,
hurricanes, and floods hav</span>e become the reason for millions of deaths
across history. Despite considerable prog<span>ress,
natural disasters remain an essential risk factor on the scale of </span>the
whole planet. Therefore, the oldest element of emergency management has always
been one of its crucial aspects. It explores the relevant risks while
introducing a framework to mitigate the consequences of the impact of nature¡¯s
for<span>ces. Additionally, the proposed approach
to the study of the mechani</span>sms for optimizing the functioning of social
organizations, whose tasks are aimed at ensuring the safety of people in
conditions of constant natural and manufactured risk, will contribute to the
further theoretical and empirical study of similar problems in other areas of
national security.
%K Whole Community Approach
%K Emergency Management
%K Disasters
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125245