Federal emergency management in Canada and the United States after 11 September 2001
By: HENSTRA, Dan
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ArticlePublisher: Toronto : IPAC, Spring 2003Canadian Public Administration : the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada 46, 1, p. 103-116Abstract: Research in the field of emergency management indicates that pre-disaster mitigation can significantly reduce the costs of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Yet, it is often difficult for disaster mitigation advocates to gamer the support of policy - and decision-makers, who tend to focus on other community concerns. Interest indisaster mitigation tends to be highest during the period immediately following a major disaster, when public attention focuses on vulnerabilities that must be addressed through policy. The "focusing event" of 11 September 20 highlighted the vulnerability of a large urban area to disaster, in this case human-induced. The event had a significant impact on federal emergency management in Canada and the United States and shaped the nature of mitigation policy in the following year
Research in the field of emergency management indicates that pre-disaster mitigation can significantly reduce the costs of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Yet, it is often difficult for disaster mitigation advocates to gamer the support of policy - and decision-makers, who tend to focus on other community concerns. Interest indisaster mitigation tends to be highest during the period immediately following a major disaster, when public attention focuses on vulnerabilities that must be addressed through policy. The "focusing event" of 11 September 20 highlighted the vulnerability of a large urban area to disaster, in this case human-induced. The event had a significant impact on federal emergency management in Canada and the United States and shaped the nature of mitigation policy in the following year
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