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16th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium
June 3-6, 2013

Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD
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Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses

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Floodplain Management Course (Graduate Level)

Floodplain Management Course Title Page - 28KB
Floodplain Management Course Table of Contents - 28KB
Floodplain Management Course Biographies - 43KB
Floodplain Management Course Syllabus - 46KB
Session 1: Course Introduction - 116KB

• Reading 1.1 Importance of Goals, Objectives and Strategies - 32KB
• Reading 1.2 Short Story of Sex and Floodplain Management - 27KB
• Handout 1.1 Perspective Impact Matrix - 17KB
• Handout 1.2 Exercise 1: Identify Concepts - 39KB
• Power Point Slides - 491KB

Session 2: River systems and Tectonics - 156KB
PowerPoint Slides - 1.6MB

• Case Study - Columbia River - 1.4MB
• Case Study – Mississippi River - 1.8MB
• Case Study - Ohio River - 1.1MB
• Case Study – Potomac River - 2.8MB
• Case Study – Red River - 1.3MB
• Case Study – Rio Grande River - 884KB
• Case Study – Santa Ana River - 982KB
• Handout 2.1 Process Design - 46KB
• Handout 2.2 Table Basin Geology - 17KB
• Handout 2.3 Table Basin Concerns - 17KB
• Handout 2.4 Process Diagram - 3.1MB

Session 3: Glaciation & Erosion Processes – The Production of Sediment - 56KB
Power Point Slides - 1.3MB
Session 4: Meteorological Processes – The Production of Water on Land - 82KB
Power Point Slides - 1.9MB
Session 5: Land Use and Cover – The History of Resource Utilization - 143KB
Power Point Slides - 1.9MB
Session 6: Stream Mechanics Framework – Evolution and Flow Analysis - 139KB
Power Point Slides - 4.9MB
Session 7: Stream Managements Frameworks – The Physical Principals and Practice - 185KB
Power Point Slides - 3.8MB
Session 8: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercise - 35KB

• Handout 8.1 Examination: Session 2-7 - 18KB
• Handout 8.2 Take Home Exam - 24KB

Session 9: Introduction to Ecological Principles and Ecoregions - 88KB

• Power Point Slides - 1.7MB
• Handout 9.1 Biology Exercise - 30KB

Session 10: Stream and River Ecology - 96KB

• Power Pont Slides - 801KB
• Handout 10.1 Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 200 - 96KB

Session 11: Water Quality - 89KB
Power Point Slides - 967KB
Session 12: Effects of Human Disturbance on River and Floodplain Ecology - 83KB
Power Point Slides - 2.6MB
Session 13: Management and Restoration of Floodplain Ecology - 90KB
Power Point Slides - 2.6MB
Session 14: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercise - 89KB

• Handout 14.1 Examination: Session 9-13 without Answers - 60KB
• Handout 14.2 Examination: Session 9-13 with Answers

Session 15: What are Hazards? - 97KB
Power Point Slides - 2.9MB

• Handout 15.1 Profiling the Hazard - 23KB
• Handout 15.2 IG Profiling the Hazard - 27KB
• Handout 15.3 Notes & Homework Assignment - 26KB
• Handout 15.4 Risk Exercise 3 - 46KB
• Handout 15.4 Risk Exercise 4 - 46KB

Session 16: What is a Risk? - 85KB
Power Point Slides - 3.1MB

• Handout 16.1 Lake Charles FIRM Panels - 4.5MB

Session 17: Assessing Risk and Vulnerability to a Flood Hazard – Exercise - 50KB
Power Point Slides - 293KB

• Handout 17.1 Student Evaluation Forms - 31KB

Session 18: A History of Floodplain Management - 108KB
Session 19: Mitigating Flood Losses - 120KB
Power Point Slides - 4MB

• Handout 19.1 Terms and Definitions - 22KB
• Handout 19.2 Lake Charles FIRM Panels - 4.5MB

Session 20: Mitigation Programs - 138KB
Power Point Slides - 62KB

• Handout 20.1 Mitigation Programs - 29KB
• Handout 20.2 Examination – Sessions 15-20 with Answers - 47KB
• Handout 20.3 Examination – Sessions 15-20 without Answers - 62KB

Session 20A: Optional Activity – Preparing Ecological Risk Assessment - 73KB
Power Point Slides - 501KB
Session 21: Public Policy in the American Federal System – an Overview - 91KB
Power Point Slides - 378KB

• Handout 21.1 Policy Exercise - 37KB

Session 22: Federal Policies - 96KB
Power Point Slides - 76KB

• Handout 22.1 Federal agency Responsibilities in Floodplain Management - 19KB

Session 23: State Policies - 77KB
Power Point Slides - 62KB

• Handout 23.1 California Floodplain Management Task Force Membership - 26KB

Session 24: Local Politics - 75KB
Power Point Slides - 63KB

• Handout 24.1 Reading – Who’s in Charge Here? - 3MB

Session 25: Special Districts and Landowners - 114KB
Power Point Slides - 75KB

• Handout 25.1 Federal Agencies, Programs and Goals - 19KB

Session 26: Human Occupancy of Floodplains and Urban Riverfronts - 115KB
Power Point Slides - 2.6MB

• Handout 26.1 Reading - Chicago’s Dubious Distinction: First City of Filth - 3.2MB

Session 27: Examination/Presentation of Course Team Exercises - 63KB

• Session 27: Handout 27.1 Policy Battleground Exercise - 37KB

Case Study Midterm Exam for Sessions 21-25 without Answers
Session 28: Final Course exercise: introduction of Case Study Problem and Team Exercise - 94KB
Session 29: Final Course Exercise: Team Presentations - 41KB
Session 30: Final Course Exercise: Team Presentations - 59KB

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