Handbook of disaster research /
edited by H. Rodriguez
- New York: Springer Science, 2006.
- xxxi, 611 p.
1.What is a disaster-- 2.A Heuristic approach to future disasters and crises : New old and in- Between types-- 3.The crisis approach-- 4. Methodological issus-- 5.The role of geographic information system / remote sensing in disaster management -- 6.Morbidity and mortality associated with disasters-- 7.Race, class ethnicity and disaster vulnerability-- 8.Gender and disaster : Foundation and direction-- 9.Globalization and localization : an economic approach -- 10.Local emergency management organization-- 11.Community processis : warning and evacuation-- 12.Search and activities in disasters -- 13.Community processes : coordination -- 14.Sustainable disaster recovery : ope rationalizing an existing agenda-- 15.Sheltering and housing recovery following disaster-- 16.Businesses and disasters: Vulnerability , Impact, and recovery-- 17.Organizational adaptation and disaster -- 18.Community innovation and disaster-- 19.Disaster and development research and practice : A necessary eclecticism -- 20.National planning and response : National system-- 21.Disaster and crisis management in transitional societies commonalities and peculiarities -- 22.Terrorism and disaster--] 23.Recent development in U.S. homeland security policies and their implications for the management of extreme events-- 24.Unwelcome irritant or useful ally The mass in emergencies -- 25.The popular culture of disaster : exploring a new dimension-- 26.Remembering : community commemoration after disaster-- 27.Research application in the classroom-- 28.From research to praxis : the relevance of disaster research for emergency management -- 29.Communicating risk and uncertainty : science ,, technology and disasters at the crossroads-- 30.Crisis management in the twenty -first century : unthinkabl events in inconceivable contexts -- 31.New dimensions : the growth of a marker in fear-- 32.Disaster ever more reducing U.S.vulnerabilities