Natural Disaster Management

Description

Having read the material for weeks one and two as indicated in the Course Syllabus, along with the respective Weekly Course Lessons and the Weekly Course Announcement, write a clear and descriptive narrative that:

• Defines the ‘concept of vulnerability’.
  • Elaborate upon the multi-disciplinary theories that support both the technical and the social origins of the concept of vulnerability; and
  • Identify the paradigms for qualitative and quantitative assessments of vulnerability.
• Further, identify and discuss four actions that local government takes when a disaster occurs;
• List three State government actions in response to a disaster that may lead to a Federal disaster declaration.

Research and investigation beyond those materials indicated in the course-ware will be required.

• Your assignment must be properly formatted and cited using APA (per the most recent edition of the APA manual).
• Your assignment must be a minimum of 750 words, not counting cover page and reference page material. Your writing can be longer, but it cannot be under the minimum indicated word-count for credit.
• Do not simply list questions and respond – your work is intended to be a complete, integrative narrative that embodies an introduction a body within which you respond to the targeted questions and a summary and conclusion.