| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Science in society series |
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Science in society series.
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| Contents |
I. Environmental, Cultural and Political Concerns. 1. Katrina's contamination: Regulatory knowledge gaps in the making and unmaking of environmental contention / Scott Frickel and M. Bess Vincent -- 2. Organizational culture and the Katrina response in Louisiana / Rachel A. Dowtry [and others] -- 3. Disasters as system accidents: A socio-ecological framework / Gary Bowden -- 4. Conceptualizing disasters as extreme versions of everyday life / Edward Woodhouse -- II. Relocation, Rebuilding and Recovery Concern. 5. Mind maps, memory and relocation after hurricane Katrina / Kathryn Henderson -- 6. Post-Katrina neighbourhood recovery planning in New Orleans / Roberto E. Barrios -- 7. Rebuilding the historic tremé neighbourhood: Lessons in the repatriation of New Orleans / Barbara L. Allen and Isabelle Thomas Maret -- III. International Disasters and Katrina Comparisons. 8. The 2002 disaster in the Elbe Region, Germany: A lack of context-sensitive knowledge / Juergen Weichselgartner and Emilie Brévière -- 9. Social dynamics of unnatural disasters: Parallels between Hurricane Katrina and the 2003 European heat wave / Melanie Gall -- 10. After disasters: Emergences of National Insecurity in Sri Lanka / Vivian Y. Choi -- 11. Response and recovery in the remediation of contaminated Land in Eastern Germany / Alena Bleicher and Matthias Gross |
| Summary |
Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting forces, and the role of power, knowledge and organizations. This book sheds new light on these dynamics, and gives disaster scholars and practitioners new and valuable lessons for management and planning in practice. The authors draw on methods across the social sciences to examine disaster response a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Disaster relief.
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Disaster victims -- Services for
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Disaster relief -- Economic aspects
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Disaster relief -- Government policy
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Emergency management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Disaster relief
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Disaster relief -- Economic aspects
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Disaster relief -- Government policy
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Disaster victims -- Services for
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Emergency management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dowty, Rachel
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Allen, Barbara L
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| ISBN |
9781134073382 |
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1134073380 |
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1299867243 |
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9781299867246 |
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1315067196 |
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9781315067193 |
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