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Social vulnerability to disasters

Title
Social vulnerability to disasters / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, William E. Lovekamp, Alice Fothergill.
Publication
  • Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Deborah S. K.
  • Phillips, Brenda D.
  • Lovekamp, William E.
  • Fothergill, Alice
Description
xxii, 513 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and communities. These events bring social vulnerability to the forefront in considering how disasters unfold, clearly revealing that disasters are not created from the physical event alone. Equally important, people-even those considered vulnerable-respond in innovative and resilient ways that unveil the strength of human ingenuity and spirit. It is not a foregone conclusion that a hazard event, even a large one, will result in catastrophic loss.
Subject
  • Disasters > Social aspects
  • Disasters > Risk assessment
  • Emergency management
  • Disasters
  • Risk assessment
  • Disasters
  • Disaster Planning
  • Risk Assessment
  • disasters
  • disaster planning
  • risk assessment
  • Risk assessment
  • Disasters > Social aspects
  • Emergency management
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Understanding social vulnerability / Maureen Fordham, William E. Lovekamp, Deborah S.K. Thomas and Brenda D. Phillips -- Section I : Understanding social vulnerability. Theoretical framing of worldviews, values, and structural dimensions of disasters / Jean Scanlyn, Deborah Thomas, and John Brett -- The intrinsic link of vulnerability to sustainable development / John Brett and Katie Oviatt -- Section II : Socially vulnerable groups. Class / Brenda McCoy and Nicole Dash -- Race and ethnicity / Nicole Dash -- Gender / Jennifer Tobin-Gurley and Elaine Enarson -- Age / Lori Peek -- Disability / Elizabeth Davis, Rebecca Hansen, Maria Kett, Jennifer Mencin and John Twigg -- Health / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Mary Shannon Newell and Debra Kreisberg -- Language and literacy / Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernández and Betty Hearn Morrow -- Households and families / Tricia Wachtendorf, Mary M. Nelan and Lynn Blinn-Pike -- Violence / Brenda Phillips and Pam Jenkins -- Section III : Building capacity and community resilience. Religion, faith, and faith-based organizations / Brenda Phillips and Michael D. Thompson -- Animals / Tamara Gull -- The nature of human communities / Pam Jenkins -- Measuring and conveying social vulnerability / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Iain Hyde and Michelle Meyer Lueck -- Social change & empowerment / William E. Lovekamp and Sudha Arlikatti -- New ideas for practitioners / DeeDee Bennett, Brenda D. Phillip, Deborah S.K. Thomas, Eve Gruntfest and Jeanette Sutton.
ISBN
  • 9781466516373
  • 1466516372
  • 9781466516380
  • 1466516380
  • 9781466516397
  • 1466516399
  • 9781466516403
  • 1466516402
LCCN
2012039609
OCLC
  • ocn815043413
  • 815043413
  • SCSB-1757672
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library