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Tornado in Worcester; an exploratory study of individual and community behavior in an extreme situation.

Title: Tornado in Worcester; an exploratory study of individual and community behavior in an extreme situation.
Author: Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-
Publication: Washington, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1956.

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Description

xi, 166 p. illus., maps.

Uniform Title

Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) no. 392.

Alternative Title

Tornado in Worcester

Subject

Note

National Research Council. Publication no. 392.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 161-163.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

Introduction : a time-space model of disaster as a type of behavioral event -- Steady state : the city before impact -- Warning : the city learns of impending impact -- Impact : the tornado strikes -- Isolation : the impact area goes it alone -- Rescue : extrication, first aid, reassurance, and evacuation -- Rehabilitation : the attempt to restore the steady state -- Irreversible change : the city achieves a new equilibrium -- Special topics : the disaster syndrome, the counter-disaster syndrome, the length of the isolation period, the cornucopia theory.

OCLC

7606993
SCSB-11411225

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