edited by Havid́́án Rodríguez, Enrico L. Quarantelli, Russell R. Dynes ; with forewords by William A. Anderson, Patrick J. Kennedy, Everett Ressler.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xxxi, 611 pages :
ساير جزييات
illustrations ;
ابعاد
26 cm.
فروست
عنوان فروست
Handbooks of sociology and social research
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-604) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Recent disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, bomb explosions in London, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, floods in Central America, and landslides in Indonesia, among many others, have resulted in an extensive loss of life, social disruption, significant economic impacts to local and national economies, and have made headline news in countries throughout the world. Thus the Handbook of Disaster Research is a timely and much needed contribution to the field of disasters. The editors of this Handbook have brought together a comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume with a.