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Lesson 8 will take us one week to complete. Please refer to the Calendar in Canvas for specific time frames and due dates. Specific directions for the assignments below can be found within this lesson.
Complete the following steps to complete Lesson 8:
- Work through Lesson 8 in this website.
- Read (the following are available in Canvas):
- "National Response Framework" from FEMA (Scan)
- "The Role of Vulnerability Science in Disaster Preparedness and Response" from Susan Cutter's testimony, beginning on page 13 of the report.
- "The Executive Summary" from the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013.
- "GIS: a common operational picture for public safety and emergency management" from J. Perdikaris's paper, WIT Press.
- Chapter 1 in Tomaszewski, Brian (2020) GIS for Disaster Management. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- "Emergency and Disaster Management" from the ESRI emergency management website.
- View Episode One Chapter Four of the Geospatial Revolution Series.
- Research the pros and cons of a policy that would make Geographic Science and Technology the “linchpin” of the US Emergency Management System
- Write your paper in accordance with the assignment and technical instructions and save using the correct file name convention.
- Submit Lesson 8 - GRADED Paper (#2)