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Factors affecting city government emergency preparedness
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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.
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Creator
Chen, Joy
(author)
Core Title
Factors affecting city government emergency preparedness
School
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Program
Public Administration
Degree Conferral Date
2009-05
Publication Date
02/05/2011
Defense Date
11/18/2008
Publisher
University of Southern California
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Tag
California,city,city government,disaster,disaster management,disaster preparedness,Disasters,emergencies,emergency,emergency management,emergency preparedness,Local government,OAI-PMH Harvest,Southern California
Place Name
California
(states),
Louisiana
(states),
New Orleans
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Language
English
Contributor
Electronically uploaded by the author
(provenance)
Advisor
Myrtle, Robert C. (
committee chair
), Cooper, Terry L. (
committee member
), Masri, Sami F. (
committee member
)
Creator Email
joychen@usc.edu,q.qubits@gmail.com
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-m1969
Unique identifier
UC1164805
Identifier
etd-Chen-2599 (filename),usctheses-m40 (legacy collection record id),usctheses-c127-145884 (legacy record id),usctheses-m1969 (legacy record id)
Legacy Identifier
etd-Chen-2599.pdf
Dmrecord
145884
Document Type
Dissertation
Rights
Chen, Joy
Type
texts
Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses
(collection)
Repository Name
Libraries, University of Southern California
Repository Location
Los Angeles, California
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Tags
city government
disaster management
disaster preparedness
emergencies
emergency
emergency management
emergency preparedness