You live in Charleston, South Carolina, and your city has just experienced a widespread disaster caused by Hurricane Maxine. You have recently been designated by the city council and the city manager to determine if the city’s emergency response plan was effective in reducing property loss.
- Prepare a short plan to investigate the disaster and assess the flood damage in the city. Identify specific persons you will meet with during your investigation.
- You found that over 65% of properties in the low-lying areas were damaged and that there were no significant improvements in damage control since the last flood, which occurred seven years ago due to a failure of the levee system. List four reasons that may explain the apparent failure to implement an effective mitigation program. Adequately support your reasons for this apparent failure.
- Develop a recommendation that you would make concerning improvements in the city’s mitigation plan based on the latest disaster experience.
- State and discuss the general principle in this case concerning the necessity and implementation of mitigation measures.
Assignment Expectations
Length: This assignment should be 3 – 4 pages, not counting the title page and references. Include an Introduction and Conclusion in your paper.
Assessment and Grading: Your work will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric that is linked within the course. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.
References: Use reliable, authoritative, and credible sources as your references, such as governmental reports and established periodicals; peer-reviewed journal articles are preferred. If you use the internet to find articles, make sure the sources are credible. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: Angelo State University Library (n.d.) Library guide: How to recognize peer reviewed (refereed journals). Retrieved from: https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
Reliability of Sources: For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source: Georgetown University Library (n.d.) Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content
Originality of Content: Verbatim/direct quotes should be limited – for direct quotations, enclose the quoted text in quotation marks and then cite the author, date, and location within the source (i.e., page number, paragraph number, or time stamp). For paraphrased ideas, you must give credit to the original author in an in-text citation. For examples, review APA Style – In-Text Citations: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations