Theoretical framing of worldviews, values, and structural dimensions of disasters / Jean Scandlyn [and others] -- The intrinsic link of vulnerability to sustainable development / Katie Oviatt and John Brett -- Class / Nicole Dash, Brenda G. McCoy, and Alison Herring -- Race and ethnicity / Nicole Dash -- Gender / Elaine Enarson -- Age / Lori Peek -- Disability / Alan Clive [and others] -- Health / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Elizabeth A. Davis, and Alan Clive -- Language and literacy / Betty Hearn Morrow -- Households and families / Lynn Blinn-Pike -- Violence and disaster vulnerability / Brenda D. Phillips, Pamela Jenkins, and Elaine Enarson -- The nature of human communities / Eve Passerini -- Measuring and conveying social vulnerability / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Pamela K. Stephens, and Jennifer Goldsmith -- New ideas for practitioners / Elaine Enarson [and others] -- Promoting empowerment : social change in disasters / William E. Lovekamp.,