Facing hazards and disasters: understanding human dimensions
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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2006
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-375)
"Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events--including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact--affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 394 p.)
ISBN:0309069998
0309101786
030965985X
9780309069991
9780309101783
9780309659857

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