Community Disaster Vulnerability Theory, Research, and Practice /

• Main Authors: Zakour, Michael J. (Author), Gillespie, David F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social policy.; Social work.; Applied psychology.; Social Sciences.; Social Work.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Social Policy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5737-4

Large-scale disasters--Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami, the BP oil spill--are enduring reminders of the fragility of our natural resources, our built environment, and our human communities. Particularly apparent is how much longer recovery takes for some survivors than others--and that some neve...

Table of Contents:

• Disasters and the Promise of Disaster Vulnerability Theory
• � Vulnerability Theory
• The Development Perspective on Vulnerability
• Resilience Complements Vulnerability
• Cross-Sectional Design and Linear Statistics in Vulnerability Research
• Linear Accounts of Vulnerability
• Vulnerability Described Geographically
• Vulnerability Described through Networks
• Vulnerability Explored and Explained Dynamically.-Enhancing the Future of Vulnerability Theory .