SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS.

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,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: BOCA RATON : CRC Press, 2009.
Temas:
Disasters > Social aspects.
Risk assessment.
Risk Assessment
Catastrophes > Aspect social.
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Disasters > Social aspects
Risk assessment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters; Chapter 3. The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development; Chapter 4. Class; Chapter 5. Race and Ethnicity; Chapter 6. Gender; Chapter 7. Age; Chapter 8. Disability; Chapter 9. Health; Chapter 10. Language and Literacy; Chapter 11. Households and Families; Chapter 12. Violence and Disaster Vulnerability; Chapter 13. The Nature of Human Communities; Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability.
  • Chapter 15. New Ideas for PractitionersChapter 16. Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters; Biographies of Contributors; Index; Back cover.

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