Past Disasters and recovery

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Instructions

This assignment requires that you select an article on an industrial disaster that has occurred in the past decade. Research an article , related to the disaster and how the community recovered.

Industrial emergency suggestions include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Savannah Imperial Sugar Refinery explosion (2008),
  • fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas (2013), and
  • Texas City Refinery explosion (2005).

Within your article review, you will address the following points:

  • disaster summary,
  • NGOs that provided assistance,
  • response critiques, and
  • community recovery from the emergency.

Your article review should be well-organized and at least two pages in length. You are required to use the CSU Online Library as part of the assignment. Your textbook is NOT required for this assignment, although you may choose to use it when discussing concepts that apply to the disaster. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted materials must have accompanying citations in accordance with APA standards.