The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010) Overview: You will research and choose a public safety crisis where a critical decision was made; one that had a significant impact on life, property, or the en

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010)

Rashid Osmanu

Post University

09/04/2024

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010)

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would be an excellent example of a topic to apply the crisis decision-making theoretical framework because it is one of the largest spillages that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, affecting the environment, economy, and public safety. This calamity gave rise to the largest marine oil spill to occur in history; it obviously had a significant impact, especially on marine life and other coastal areas (Incardona & Scholz, 2018). The response included the decisions that altered the environment and futures of the communities through containment and cleanup operations. Studying this crisis can give us a better understanding of disasters with large-scale environments and the decision-making process that can either widen the problem or narrow down the damage.

Reference

Incardona, J. P., & Scholz, N. L. (2018). Case study: the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill and its environmental developmental impacts. Development and environment, 235-283.