Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-604) and index.
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1. What is a disaster? / Ronald W. Perry -- 2. A heuristic approach to future disasters and crises : new, old, and in-between types / E.L. Quarantelli, Patrick Lagadec, Arjen Boin -- 3. The crisis approach / Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart -- 4. Methodological issues / Robert A. Stallings -- 5. The role of geographic information systems/remote sensing in disaster management / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Kivanç Ertuĝay, Serkan Kemeç -- 6. Morbidity and mortality associated with disasters / Linda B. Bourque [and others] -- 7. Race, class, ethnicity, and disaster vulnerability / Bob Bolin -- 8. Gender and disaster : foundations and directions / Elaine Enarson, Alice Fothergill, Lori Peek -- 9. Globalization and localization : an economic approach / J.M. Albala-Bertrand -- 10. Local emergency management organizations / David A. McEntire -- 11. Community processes : warning and evacuation / John H. Sorensen, Barbara Vogt Sorensen -- 12. Search and rescue activities in disasters / Margarita Poteyeva [and others] -- 13. Community processes : coordination / Thomas E. Drabek -- 14. Sustainable disaster recovery : operationalizing an existing agenda / Gavin P. Smith, Dennis Wenger -- 15. Sheltering and housing recovery following disaster / Walter Gillis Peacock, Nicole Dash, Yang Zhang -- 16. Businesses and disasters : vulnerability, impact, and recovery / Kathleen J. Tierney -- 17. Organizational adaptation to disaster / Gary A. Kreps, Susan Lovegren Bosworth -- 18. Community innovation and disasters / James M. Kendra, Tricia Wachtendorf -- 19. Disaster and development research and practice : a necessary eclecticism? / Maureen Fordham -- 20. National planning and response : national systems / Neil R. Britton -- 21. Disaster and crisis management in transitional societies : commonalities and peculiarities / Boris N. Porfiriev -- 22. Terrorism as disaster / William L. Waugh, Jr. -- 23. Recent developments in U.S. homeland security policies and their implications for the management of extreme events / Kathleen J. Tierney -- 24. Unwelcome irritant or useful ally? : the mass media in emergencies / Joseph Scanlon -- 25. The popular culture of disaster : exploring a new dimension of disaster research / Gary R. Webb -- 26. Remembering : community commemoration after disaster / Anne Eyre -- 27. Research applications in the classroom / Brenda D. Phillips -- 28. From research to praxis : the relevance of disaster research for emergency management / Richard A. Rotanz -- 29. Communicating risk and uncertainty : science, technology, and disasters at the crossroads / Havidán Rodríguez [and others] -- 30. Crisis management in the twenty-first century : "unthinkable" events in "inconceivable" contexts / Patrick Lagadec -- 31. New dimensions : the growth of a market in fear / Frank Furedi -- 32. Disasters ever more? : reducing U.S. vulnerabilities / Charles Perrow.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Disaster relief-- Research.
Disasters.
Disaster Planning.
Relief Work.
Rescue Work.
Research.
70.10 multidisciplinary fields of interest in the social sciences.