Social Vulnerability to Disasters
Published on 10. August 2009
406 pages
978-1-4200-7857-2 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different circumstances, they share a common factor: the overwhelming majority of victims are women, children, elderly, disadvantaged, or disabled. Evidence gathered from these events
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate and graduate students in public administration, emergency management, and sociology.
Illustrations
43 s/w Abbildungen, 19 s/w Tabellen
43 b/w images and 19 tables
File size
5,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-7857-2 (9781420078572)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Deborah S.K. Thomas | Brenda D. Phillips | Alice Fothergill
Social Vulnerability to Disasters
Book
08/2009
1st Edition
CRC Press
€85.60
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Content
Understanding Social Vulnerability. Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters. The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development. Class. Race and Ethnicity. Gender. Age. Disability. Health. Language and Literacy. Households and Families. Violence and Disaster Vulnerability. The Nature of Human Communities. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability. New Ideas for Practitioners. Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters. Biographies of Contributors. Index.
