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FACTORS AFFECTING CITY GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
by
Joy Chen
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Joy Chen
Object Description
| Title | Factors affecting city government emergency preparedness |
| Author | Chen, Joy |
| Author email | joychen@usc.edu; q.qubits@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Public Administration |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-11-18 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 5 Feb. 2011. |
| Date published | 2011-02-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Myrtle, Robert C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cooper, Terry L. Masri, Sami F. |
| Abstract | While disasters continue to happen and public expectation towards effective government response remains, there is little consensus on what disaster preparedness is for local government and what factors affect preparedness. Gaining better understanding of this issue seems even more important considering that local government continues to be the official first responders in disasters. In this study we took a multi-phase approach to determine how emergency preparedness for local government was measured and then we built a theory for what factors might affect local government's emergency preparedness. We designed a survey instrument and administered it to city governments in California. Charter city, full-time emergency preparedness personnel, training, and exercises were found to be important predictors of disaster preparedness for city government. |
| Keyword | emergency; emergencies; disaster; disasters; local government; city; city government; emergency management; disaster management; disaster preparedness; emergency preparedness; California; southern California |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | New Orleans |
| Geographic subject (state) | Louisiana; California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | after 1803 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1969 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Chen, Joy |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Chen-2599 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Chen-2599.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | FACTORS AFFECTING CITY GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS by Joy Chen A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Joy Chen |
