Social vulnerability to disasters.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Disasters > Social aspects. Risk assessment. Risk Assessment Catastrophes > Aspect social. Évaluation du risque. risk assessment. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Disasters > Social aspects Risk assessment Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; 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 and Disaster Vulnerability; Chapter 13. The Nature of Human Communities; Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability.
Chapter 15. New Ideas for PractitionersChapter 16. Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters; Biographies of Contributors; Index; Back cover.