Social vulnerability to disasters
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CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 392 p.: ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781420078565 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1420078569 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | X4 |
CLC: | X4 |
Call Number: | X4/S678 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Theoretical framing of worldviews, values, and structural dimensions of disasters / Jean Scandlyn ... [et al.] -- The intrinsic link of vulnerability to sustainable development / Katie Oviatt and John Brett -- Class / Nicole Dash, Brenda G. McCoy, and Alison Herring -- Race and ethnicity / Nicole Dash -- Gender / Elaine Enarson -- Age / Lori Peek -- Disability / Alan Clive ... [et al.] -- Health / Deborah S.K. Thomas, Elizabeth A. Davis, and Alan Clive -- Language and literacy / Betty Hearn Morrow -- Households and families / Lynn Blinn-Pike -- Violence and disaster vulnerability / Brenda D. |