Preview M8A1: Crisis Event Case Project

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THIS IS NOT DUE UNTIL THE END OF MODULE 8, BUT YOU SHOULD START WORKING ON IT.

Drawing from your review of the many sites across the course and gathered wholly on the L&A page of Module 8, or from your personal knowledge, interest and experience, select a recent crisis event: disaster/mass casualty event (occurring within the last 5 years). You are to take this disaster case and then prepare a research paper that analyses the event from the four disciplines of emergency management: Mitigation; Preparedness; Response; and Recovery.

In your analysis discuss the specific actions that were taken at each stage and assess whether or not they were effective. Include a discussion of how human behavior influences disaster vulnerability such as allowing development in flood prone areas or living along the coast (and what can be done about this). Conclude your paper with a detailed discussion of the lessons learned for future crisis events.

Your paper should be approximately 7 pages (at least 1,500 words) and must include key concepts from the textbook and at least five (5) outside scholarly sources.

This assignment is due at the end of Module 8

This is a final course comprehensive project. Be sure to include citations for all references, including information about the incident. Also, use scholarly material for your alternative theory, (Wikipedia is not permitted as a source), and any support for your discussion. Your textbook from the class should be your starting point, but your primary sources of information should be scholarly in nature.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”

Turnitin

This course has Turnitin fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the SPS Default Undergraduate Writing Rubric located on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please review the rubric prior to beginning your work so that you ensure your submission meets the criteria in place for this assignment. This assignment is worth 20% of your final course grade.