Handbook of Disaster Research

This second edition of the Handbook reflects some of the foundational topics for disaster studies; current substantive, methodological or theoretical topics of interest; as well as new and emerging topics in the field. While highlighting some of the iconic themes of the 1st Edition, including what i...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rodríguez, Havidán (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Donner, William (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Trainor, Joseph E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:2nd ed. 2018.
Series:Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Perspectives on Disasters
  • Chapter 1. Defining Disaster; Ronald W. Perry
  • Chapter 2. The Crisis Approach; Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart and Sanneke Kuipers
  • Chapter 3. Contributions of Technological and Natech Disaster Research to the Social Science Disaster Paradigm; Duane A. Gill and Liesel A. Ritchie
  • Chapter 4. Studying Future Disasters and Crises: A Heuristic Approach; E.L. Quarantelli, Arjen Boin, and Patrick Lagadec
  • Part II. Contemporary Issues in Disaster
  • Chapter 5. Resilience and Disasters; James M. Kendra, Lauren Clay and Kimberly Gill
  • Chapter 6. The Cultural Turn in Disaster Research: Understanding Resilience and Vulnerability through the Lens of Culture; Gary R. Webb
  • Chapter 7. Terrorism as Hazard and Disaster; William L. Waugh Jr
  • Chapter 8. Climate Change and Disasters; Katherine Hore, Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer and JC Gaillard
  • Chapter 9. On Bridging Research and Practice in Disaster Science and Management: Unified System or Impossible Mission?; Joseph E. Trainor. Eric Stern and Tony Subbio
  • Part III. Inequality, Social Stratification, and Disasters
  • Chapter 10. Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Disaster Vulnerability; Bob Bolin and Liza C. Kurtz
  • Chapter 11. Gender and Disaster: Foundations and New Directions for Research and Practice; Elaine Enarson, Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek
  • Chapter 12. People with Disabilities and Disasters; Laura M. Stough and Ilan Kelman
  • Chapter 13. Children and Disasters; Lori Peek, David Abramson, Robin S. Cox, Alice Fothergill and Jennifer Tobin
  • Chapter 14. Social Capital in Disaster Research; Michelle A. Meyer
  • Part IV. Methods and Methodological Issues in Disaster Research
  • Chapter 15. Methodological Issues in Disaster Research; William Donner and Walter Diaz
  • Chapter 16. The Role of Geographic Information Science and Technology in Disaster Management; Deborah S. K. Thomas
  • Chapter 17. Computer Simulation and Optimization; Rachel A. Davidson and Linda Nozick
  • Chapter 18. Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Disasters; Michele M. Wood and Linda B. Bourque
  • Part V. Communities in Disaster
  • Chapter 19. Community Innovation and Disasters; Tricia Wachtendorf, James M. Kendra and Sarah DeYoung
  • Chapter 20. Community-based Disaster Risk Management; Dewald Van Niekerk, Livhuwani David Nemakonde, Leandri Kruger and Kylah Forbes-Genade
  • Chapter 21. Population/Community Displacement; Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat
  • Part VI. Communication and the Mass Media
  • Chapter 22. Communication Imminent Risk; Michael K. Lindell
  • Chapter 23. News Media and Disasters: Navigating Old Challenges and New Opportunities in the Digital Age; Brian Monahan and Matthew Ettinger
  • Chapter 24. Social Media in Disaster Communication; Leysia Palen and Amanda L. Hughes
  • Part VII. From Coordination to Recovery: Managing Disasters
  • Chapter 25. Community Processes: Coordination; Thomas E. Drabek
  • Chapter 26. Governmental Response to Disasters: Key Attributes, Expectations, and Implications; Sandra K. Schneider
  • Chapter 27. Post-Disaster Sheltering, Temporary Housing and Permanent Housing Recovery; Walter Gills Peacock, Nicole Dash, Yang Zhang and Shannon Van Zandt
  • Chapter 28. Disaster Recovery in an Era of Climate Change: The Unrealized Promise of Institutional Resilience; Gavin Smith, Amanda W. Martin, and Dennis E. Wenger.