Civil Protection

This interdisciplinary textbook and reference work provides a clearly structured, orienting overview of tasks, structures, organizations, and actors in the various fields of emergency preparedness and disaster response. It addresses both natural and engineering sciences as well as social and human sciences aspects of risk and disaster management, presenting civil protection in Germany as a classic cross-sectional task. The work makes a significant contribution to the development of overarching reflective and decision-making competencies for risk and disaster managers, rescue and safety engineers, emergency practitioners, specialist advisors, operations managers, and other leaders.