Emergency management systems’ failure to mitigate the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina imposed a number of unfortunate lessons from this disaster, lessons hard won and learned. These lessons are worth repeating for the benefit of the international emergency management community. Lessons this paper seeks to convey: the significance of organization and leadership, with communications as the critical link between them, to advance disaster responsiveness. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of communications, in its multiple modes, as it applies to disaster response management relevant to both Bulgaria and the Black Sea Basin/ Balkan region.
BT - Information & Security: An International Journal DA - 2006 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/isij.1902 LA - eng N2 -Emergency management systems’ failure to mitigate the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina imposed a number of unfortunate lessons from this disaster, lessons hard won and learned. These lessons are worth repeating for the benefit of the international emergency management community. Lessons this paper seeks to convey: the significance of organization and leadership, with communications as the critical link between them, to advance disaster responsiveness. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of communications, in its multiple modes, as it applies to disaster response management relevant to both Bulgaria and the Black Sea Basin/ Balkan region.
PY - 2006 SP - 31 EP - 38 T2 - Information & Security: An International Journal TI - Building a Sound and Flexible Emergency Response System Hard Won Lessons in Disaster Management VL - 19 ER -