Federal Workforce Challenges
From the Homeland Security Digital Library: a targeted, librarian-selected list of foundational, recently-released, or potentially important resources related to federal workforce challenges.
Economy
Debt Limit
From the Homeland Security Digital Library: a targeted, librarian-selected list of foundational, recently-released, or potentially important resources related to the federal debt limit.
Globalization
This course is a study of the contemporary debate on globalization and its relevance in the context of homeland security. Students will examine a number …
America’s Greenest City
Creating Commercial Sustainable Agriculture in an East Coast City. By Jackson Nickerson. Includes the case and a teaching plan.
Food Insecurity in America
A collection of reports focused on the nation’s households’ inability to “provide enough food for every person to live an active, healthy life” (Feeding America). …
Understanding the Value of Insurance
In his PrepTalk, Kevelighan shares the pivotal role that insurance plays in people’s lives and communities, both before and after a disaster. “What happens when …
Urbanization
This module provides a roadmap to understanding the concept of urbanization. Open in new window Resource List These resources provide a base knowledge and a …
Major Economies Confront Shrinking Workforce
This module provides a roadmap to understanding primary drivers of change in the space, both through commercialization and national security. open in new window Resource …
Growth of Global Middle Class
This module provides a roadmap to understanding the relationship between the expanding global middle class and its impact on environmental stress and consumption trends, urbanization, …
Drought Constrains Economic Development
This module provides a roadmap to understanding the impact of drought on economic development, both domestically and globally. open in new window Resource List These …
Challenges in Infrastructure Funding
This module provides a roadmap to understanding trends that have led to underfunding of infrastructure maintenance, potential impacts to the nation’s critical infrastructure systems, and …
Asymmetric Population Growth
This module provides a roadmap to understanding the relationship between population growth (or reduction) in countries, environmental impact of development, changing religious demographics, urbanization, demographic …