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Social Vulnerability to Disasters
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eBook - PDF
Social Vulnerability to Disasters
About this book
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and communities. These events
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Understanding Social Vulnerability
- Chapter 2: Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters
- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development
- Chapter 4: Class
- Chapter 5: Race and Ethnicity
- Chapter 6: Gender
- Chapter 7: Age
- Chapter 8: Disability
- Chapter 9: Health
- Chapter 10: Language and Literacy
- Chapter 11: Households and Families
- Chapter 12: Violence
- Chapter 13: Religion, Faith, and Faith-Based Organizations
- Chapter 14: Animals
- Chapter 15: The Nature of Human Communities
- Chapter 16: Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability
- Chapter 17: Social Change and Empowerment
- Chapter 18: New Ideas for Practitioners
- Back Cover