Disaster Theory: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Concepts And Causes

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Disaster Theory: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Concepts and Causes offers the theoretical background needed to understand what disasters are and why they occur. Drawing on related disciplines, including sociology, risk theory, and seminal research on disasters and emergency management, Disaster Theory clearly lays out the conceptual framework of the emerging field of disaster studies. Tailored to the needs of advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this unique text also provides an ideal capstone for students who have already been introduced to the fundamentals of emergency management. Disaster Theory emphasizes the application of critical thinking in understanding disasters and their causes by synthesizing a wide range of information on theory and practice, including input from leading scholars in the field.

• Offers the first cohesive depiction of disaster theory
• Incorporates material from leading thinkers in the field, as well as student exercises and critical thinking questions, making this a rich resource for advanced courses
• Written from an international perspective and includes case studies of disasters and hazards from around the world for comparing the leading models of emergency response
• Challenges the reader to think critically about important questions in disaster management from various points of view

E-Book Information

• Year: 2,015

• Edition: 1

• Pages: 386

• Language: English

• Topic: 178

• Identifier: 0128002271,9780128002278

• Org File Size: 34,175,461

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• Toc: Content: Front Matter, Page iiiCopyright, Page ivDedication, Page vDigital Assets, Page xiiiForeword, by Ian Burton, Pages xv-xviPreface, Page xviiIntroduction, Pages xix-xxvi1 - What is a Disaster?, Pages 1-212 - Disaster Data: A Global View of Economic and Life Loss, Pages 23-523 - Disaster Risk, Pages 53-1014 - Hazard, Vulnerability, and Resilience, Pages 103-1505 - Disasters and Complexity, Pages 151-1926 - Disaster Models, Pages 193-2287 - Myths and Fallacies, Pages 229-2518 - The Poetry of Disaster, Pages 253-2719 - Ethics and Disaster, Pages 273-30910 - Workshop on Principles of Disaster Management, Pages 311-32711 - Final Reflections, Pages 329-333Appendix 1 - Selected Disaster Data, Pages 335-336Appendix 2 - Statistics Canada: Factors and Measures Related to Community Resilience, Pages 337-340Appendix 3 - Interviews with Ian Burton and Ken Hewitt, Pages 341-353Index, Pages 355-359