Communicating and planning with a community's stakeholders are vital responsibilities for emergency managers, and this assignment allows you to identify the stakeholders for an actual disaster.

DO NOT USE DEEPWATER HORIZON

Select a major natural disaster that has occurred within the last 10 years, and review at least two articles discussing/analyzing it. (You may NOT use the same disaster that has been included as an example in the Unit II Lesson.) Please use at least one reputable and scholarly article that is housed in the online library or on the Internet. one-page essay briefly examining how stakeholders were included in the disaster response and/or recovery efforts. Was this inclusion of each stakeholder planned prior to the disaster, or was it something that had to be improvised? Include each of the following in your one-page essay:

Identify the stakeholders of the disaster. Briefly explain why the stakeholders have an interest in the community. Briefly explain how the stakeholders were involved in the response and/or recovery efforts. Briefly describe if the stakeholders were included as part of a plan or if their involvement was an improvised afterthought.

Please be sure to include support from the literature when completing this assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for you to begin thinking critically about the stakeholders that an emergency manager will have to collaborate with while contributing to the response and recovery of a disaster. While this assignment focuses on natural disasters, you will have an opportunity to choose natural or man-made disasters later in the course.