The Sociology Of Disaster

Author : Thomas E. Drabek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000651980

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The Sociology of Disaster by Thomas E. Drabek Pdf

In a book as illuminating as it is captivating, Thomas E. Drabek presents an in-depth analysis of the emotional impacts of disaster events and the many ripple effects that follow. Through the technique of storytelling, a series of nine fictional stories where characters experience actual disasters of different types throughout the United States illustrate the vulnerabilities and resilience to enhance the readers understanding of disaster consequences. Designed for classroom use, each story is followed by an "Analysis" section wherein discussion and research paper topics are recommended. These highlight links to published research findings. A "References" section details citations for all works included. Brief commentary in a "Notes" section adds further connections to other disasters and relevant research studies. The Sociology of Disaster is an important innovation in disaster education and will become an invaluable resource within universities and colleges that offer degrees in emergency management at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : Kathleen Tierney
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745671012

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Disasters by Kathleen Tierney Pdf

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and on the global, national, and local processes that produce disasters. Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards such as hurricanes and tsunamis as a form of environmental injustice, and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides the necessary frameworks for understanding hazards and disasters, exploring the contributions of very different social science fields to disaster research and showing how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing the social aspects of recent devastating disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenges of conducting research in the aftermath of disasters and critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to disaster risk reduction. Peppered with case studies, research examples, and insights from very different disciplines, this rich introduction is an invaluable resource to students and scholars interested in the social nature of disasters and their relation to broader social forces.

Author : Walter Gillis Peacock,Hugh Gladwin,Betty Hearn Morrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135108274

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Hurricane Andrew by Walter Gillis Peacock,Hugh Gladwin,Betty Hearn Morrow Pdf

This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover. Employing unique research data the authors analyze the consequences of conflict and competition on disaster preparation, response and recovery, especially where associated with race, ethnicity and gender.

Author : Barbara Lucini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319047386

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Disaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective by Barbara Lucini Pdf

Natural disasters traumatize individuals, disrupt families, and destabilize communities.Surviving these harrowing events calls for courage, tenacity, and resilience. Professional planning requires specific types of knowledge of how people meet and cope with extreme challenges. Disaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective examines three major earthquakes occurring in Italy over a fourteen - year period for a well-documented analysis of populations' responses to and recovery from disaster, the social variables involved, and the participation of public agencies. This timely volume reviews sociological definitions and models of disaster, identifying core features of vulnerability and multiple levels of individual and social resilience. The analysis contrasts the structural and supportive roles of Italy's civil protection and civil defense services in emergency planning and management as examples of what the author terms professional resilience. And testimony from earthquake survivors and volunteers gives voice to the social processes characteristic of disaster. Among the areas covered: Social context for concepts of disaster, vulnerability, risk, and resilience Types of resilience: a multidimensional analysis, focused on a physical, ecological, and ecosystem perspective Findings from three earthquakes: loss, hope, and community. Two systems of organizational response to emergencies Toward a relational approach to disaster resilience planning Plus helpful tables, methodological notes, and appendices For researchers in disaster preparedness, psychology, and sociology, Disaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective raises--and addresses--salient questions about people and communities in crisis, and how studying them can improve preparedness in an uncertain future.

Author : Kathleen Tierney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509535699

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Disasters by Kathleen Tierney Pdf

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and on the global, national, and local processes that produce disasters. Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards such as hurricanes and tsunamis as a form of environmental injustice, and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides the necessary frameworks for understanding hazards and disasters, exploring the contributions of very different social science fields to disaster research and showing how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing the social aspects of recent devastating disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenges of conducting research in the aftermath of disasters and critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to disaster risk reduction. Peppered with case studies, research examples, and insights from very different disciplines, this rich introduction is an invaluable resource to students and scholars interested in the social nature of disasters and their relation to broader social forces.

Author : Miwao Matsumoto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : 1032569921

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The Sociology of "Structural Disaster" by Miwao Matsumoto Pdf

How and why did credible scientists, engineers, government officials, journalists, and others collectively give rise to a drastic failure to control the threat to the population of the Fukushima disaster? Why was there no effort on the part of inter-organizational networks, well-coordinated in the nuclear village, to prevent the risks from turning into a disaster? This book answers these questions by formulating the concept of "structural disaster" afresh. First, the book presents the path-dependent development of structural disaster through a sociological reformulation of path-dependent mechanisms not only in the context of nuclear energy but also in the context of renewable energy. Secondly, it traces the origins of structural disaster to a secret accident involving standardized military technology immediately before World War II, and opportunistic utilization of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, thus reconstructing the development of structural disaster within a long-term historical perspective. Maintaining distance from conflicts of interest and cultural essentialisms, this book highlights configurations and mechanisms of structural disasters that are far more persistent, more universal, but less visible, and that have turned risk into suffering. The book seeks to cast light on an important new horizon of the science-technology-society interface in the sociology of science and technology, science and technology studies, the sociology of disaster, the social history of the military-industrial-university complex, and beyond.

Author : Hendrik Vollmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107032149

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The Sociology of Disruption, Disaster and Social Change by Hendrik Vollmer Pdf

Hendrik Vollmer explores how disruption triggers social change, refocusing members of a collective on matters of membership, status and coalition.

Author : ISA Research Committee on Disasters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Disasters
ISBN : OCLC:21454299

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Sociology of Disasters by ISA Research Committee on Disasters Pdf

Author : Aronsson-Storrier, Marie,Dahlberg, Rasmus
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781839100307

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Defining Disaster by Aronsson-Storrier, Marie,Dahlberg, Rasmus Pdf

This timely book unpacks the idea of ‘disaster’ from a variety of approaches, broadening understanding and improving the usability of this complex and often contested concept. Including multidisciplinary perspectives from leading and emerging scholars, it offers reflections on how the concept of disaster has been shaped by and within various fields of research, providing complementary and thought-provoking comparisons across many domains.

Author : David L. Brunsma,David Overfelt,J. Steven Picou
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781442206274

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The Sociology of Katrina by David L. Brunsma,David Overfelt,J. Steven Picou Pdf

The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt. This new edition explores emerging themes, as well as ongoing issues that continue to besiege survivors. The book has been updated and revised throughout--from data about recovery efforts and environmental conditions, to discussions of major social issues in education, health care, the economy, and crime. The authors thoroughly review the important topic of recovery, both in New Orleans and in the wider area of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This new edition features a new chapter focused on the Katrina experience for people in the primary impact area, or "ground zero," five years after the storm. This chapter uncovers many challenges in overcoming the critical problems caused by the storm of the century. From this important update of the acclaimed first edition, it is apparent that "the storm is not over," as Katrina continues to generate political, economic, community, and personal controversy.

Author : Henry W. Fischer
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761811834

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Response to Disaster by Henry W. Fischer Pdf

A third-generation disaster researcher challenges what he sees as a myth perpetrated since the genesis of the field in the 1950s that faced with an emergency, most people will panic and flee, become helplessly impassive, or loot. He sets out the empirical evidence in statistics and case studies. He agrees with colleagues that the mass media are a primary factor in spreading the myth, but goes beyond them to address what emergency agencies can do despite it. Graduate and undergraduate students interested in social response to disasters, the disaster research community, and people responsible for responding to disaster might find the treatment interesting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Havidan Rodriguez,Enrico L. Quarantelli,Russell Dynes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387323534

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Handbook of Disaster Research by Havidan Rodriguez,Enrico L. Quarantelli,Russell Dynes Pdf

This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to disasters with theoretical, methodological, and practical applications. Attention is given to conceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" and to methodological issues relating to research on disasters. These include Geographic Information Systems as a useful research tool and its implications for future research. This seminal work is the first interdisciplinary collection of disaster research as it stands now while outlining how the field will continue to grow.

Author : Havidán Rodríguez,William Donner,Joseph E. Trainor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319632544

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Handbook of Disaster Research by Havidán Rodríguez,William Donner,Joseph E. Trainor Pdf

This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to disasters with theoretical, methodological, and practical applications. Attention is given to conceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" and to methodological issues relating to research on disasters. These include Geographic Information Systems as a useful research tool and its implications for future research. This seminal work is the first interdisciplinary collection of disaster research as it stands now while outlining how the field will continue to grow.

Author : Steve Matthewman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137294265

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Disasters, Risks and Revelation by Steve Matthewman Pdf

Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster research and social theory, this book offers a critical examination of their causes, consequences and future avoidance.

Author : Kathleen Tierney
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804791403

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The Social Roots of Risk by Kathleen Tierney Pdf

“This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world.” —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types—be they natural, technological, or economic—are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself—by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events—from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP’s accident history prior to the 2010 blowout—Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns. Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis—and what we can do to prevent it. “Brilliant . . . Drawing on a trove of timely case studies, Tierney analyses how factors such as speculative finance and rampant development allow natural and economic blips to tip more easily into catastrophe.” —Nature