SGER: Emergency Response and the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Texas Public Schools

SGER：紧急响应以及卡特里娜飓风对德克萨斯州公立学校的影响

• 批准号: 0553124
• 负责人: Kenneth Meier
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-10-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0553124&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Emergency; Response; Impact; Hurricane

Abstract:K-12 schools are an integral component of America's societal infrastructure. However, little is known about how these organizations participate in the larger system of disaster response for the various types of hazards we may face (which range from natural disasters, to terrorist attack, to violent students). In the case of the recent Hurricane Katrina, K-12 schools have been asked to absorb tens of thousands of displaced children. Without the close integration of schools, the network of social services provided to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina will be incomplete. This study will assess the impact of displaced persons on school districts in Texas as well as analyze the school districts' experiences collaborating with the various deliverers of relief. This research will also gather perishable data on the districts' perceived vulnerability to disaster and the impact of the hurricane on emergency planning processes in school districts. This study will contribute to scientific knowledge about educational organizations, disaster response, and the role of collaboration on hazard and emergency preparedness in public organizations. There are four likely contributions of this study. First, the study will provide an assessment of the impact of the movement of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina on school districts in Texas. Second, the research will identify the factors most closely related to policy collaboration on the part of K-12 school districts in the response to Hurricane Katrina. Third, the research will contribute to the literature on network policy making and public management. While there is broad consensus that an increasing amount of policy making is occurring in collaborative networks, there is little known about the determinants of highly effective collaboration in disaster response. Fourth, the research will contribute to our understanding of how disasters affect the planning processes initiated in educational organizations. The research will reveal how the disaster in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama has affected the vulnerability assessments of school districts in Texas. These contributions should empower emergency planners in schools (and those who work with schools) to understand how best to coordinate disaster response in a complex network of first responders and relief organizations.

翻译后摘要：K-12学校是美国的社会基础设施的一个组成部分。 然而，人们对这些组织如何参与更大的灾害应对系统，应对我们可能面临的各种危险（从自然灾害到恐怖袭击，再到暴力学生）知之甚少。 在最近的卡特里娜飓风中，K-12学校被要求吸收成千上万流离失所的儿童。 如果学校不能紧密结合，向因卡特里娜飓风而流离失所的人提供的社会服务网络将是不完整的。 这项研究将评估流离失所者对德克萨斯州学区的影响，并分析学区与各种救济提供者合作的经验。 这项研究还将收集关于各地区对灾害的脆弱性以及飓风对学区应急规划进程的影响的易腐数据。 这项研究将有助于科学知识的教育组织，灾害响应，以及合作的作用，在公共组织的危害和应急准备。 这项研究有四个可能的贡献。 首先，这项研究将评估卡特里娜飓风造成的流离失所者的流动对德克萨斯州学区的影响。 其次，研究将确定与K-12学区在应对卡特里娜飓风方面的政策合作关系最密切的因素。 第三，本研究将有助于网络政策制定和公共管理的文献。 虽然人们普遍认为，越来越多的政策制定工作是在协作网络中进行的，但人们对在救灾方面开展高效协作的决定因素知之甚少。 第四，这项研究将有助于我们了解灾害如何影响教育组织发起的规划过程。 这项研究将揭示路易斯安那州、密西西比州和亚拉巴马州的灾难是如何影响德克萨斯州学区的脆弱性评估的。 这些贡献应该使学校的应急规划人员（以及与学校合作的人员）能够了解如何在第一反应者和救济组织的复杂网络中最好地协调灾害反应。