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Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming,...
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Butterworth-Heinemann,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128158210 |
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Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today.Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producingCovers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters fieldIncludes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780128162651 0128162651 9780128158210 0128158212 |
| Index Number: | GB5005 |
| CLC: | X43 |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather / Christopher F. Labosier -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.1.1.Literature review -- 1.2.Methodology -- 1.3.Results -- 1.3.1.Characteristics of sample -- 1.3.2.Awareness and sources of severe weather alerts -- 1.3.3.Perceptions of risk and responsibility -- 1.3.4.Preparedness -- 1.3.5.Behavior around severe weather -- 1.4.Discussion -- 1.4.1.Survey limitations -- 1.4.2.Future research recommendations -- 1.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 2 The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods / Christopher Lammiman -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The social construction of gender and disasters -- 2.3.Gendered vulnerability and impacts -- 2.4.Emergency management: No girls allowed? -- 2.5.Gender in disaster research -- 2.6.The gender landscape in Alberta -- 2.6.1.The Alberta advantage? -- 2.6.2.The flood experience -- 2.7.Project design -- 2.7.1.Sample design and participants -- 2.8.The gender dimensions of the 2013 flood -- 2.8.1.Gendered vulnerability -- 2.8.2.Gendered impacts -- 2.8.3.Gendered response and recovery -- 2.9.Lessons identified -- 2.9.1.Emergency management agencies -- 2.9.2.Social service agencies -- 2.10.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 3 Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda / Yazidhi Bamutaze -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Materials and methods -- 3.2.1.Description of study area -- 3.2.2.Data sources -- 3.2.3.Inventory of previous landslide -- 3.2.4.Terrain parameterization -- 3.2.5.Determining the Stream Power Index and Compound Topographic Index -- 3.2.6.Determining basin morphometric parameters -- 3.2.7.Data analysis -- 3.3.Results and discussion -- 3.3.1.Magnitude and damages from landslides on Mt. Elgon -- 3.3.2.Spatial patterns of landslide occurrence -- 3.3.3.T Virgin Islands / Thomas Weidemeyer -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Background -- 12.2.1.Disaster resilience and adaptive co-management -- 12.2.2.Self-organization in territories: An oxymoron? -- 12.2.3.Power-sharing -- 12.3.Exploratory research design -- 12.3.1.News article selection and coding -- 12.3.2.Context: The 2017 hurricane season -- 12.4.Case examples and discussion -- 12.4.1.Puerto Rico -- 12.4.2.U.S. Virgin Islands -- 12.5.Limitations -- 12.6.Recommendations and concluding remarks -- References -- ch. 13 People with disabilities: Becoming agents of change in Disaster Risk Reduction / Karlee Johnson -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.The process of becoming Deaf DiDRR researchers and practitioners -- 13.2.1.The sociocultural construction of deafness and risk -- 13.2.2.Becoming agents of change in the disaster space -- 13.3.Challenges in working in DiDRR in the Philippines -- 13.4.Making DiDRR a reality in South East Asia -- 13.4.1.Operationalizing DiDRR in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand -- 13.4.2.Advancing DiDRR for the benefit of all -- 13.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 14 Young, mobile, but alone in the cold and dark: Experiences of young urban in-migrants during extreme weather events in the UK / Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Research design and methodology -- 14.2.1.Data collection -- 14.2.2.Data analysis -- 14.3.Findings and discussion -- 14.3.1.Responses to power outages during extreme weather events amongst young in-migrants, young people local to the area and older in-migrants Note continued: 14.3.2.To what extent do emergency support services meet the needs of the different groups of residents? -- 14.3.3.Identifying the drivers of vulnerability amongst young adult urban in-migrants -- 14.4.Conclusion and implications of findings -- Appendix 14.A Interview questions -- pt. 1 Responding to extreme weather -- pt. 2 Personal details and living circumstances -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 15 Social vulnerability and individual wellbeing: An empirical analysis of first responders in South Korea / Simon A. Andrew -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Social vulnerability and disasters -- 15.3.First responders, vulnerability, and psychological stress -- 15.3.1.First responders'vulnerability -- 15.3.2.First responders' psychological stress -- 15.3.3.Media coverage and stress -- 15.3.4.Gender and stress -- 15.3.5.Age and stress -- 15.3.6.Other factors: Work experience, self-efficacy, job ranks, and stress -- 15.4.Research design -- 15.4.1.Research site -- 15.4.2.Data -- 15.5.Results and discussion -- 15.6.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 16 How do the perceptions of natural hazards influence migration decisions among ethnic minority farmers? Insights from coastal Bangladesh / Felix Ampadu -- 16.1.Background -- 16.2.Theoretical framework -- 16.2.1.Social vulnerability to climate change: Understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change -- 16.2.2.Migration as adaptation -- 16.3.Study area & study population -- 16.3.1.Coastal Bangladesh -- 16.3.2.Kalapara -- 16.3.3.Study population -- 16.4.Methods -- 16.5.Findings -- 16.5.1.Sociodemographics -- 16.5.2.Perception of climate change in the past 10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.5.3.Perception of climate change in the next10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References. |