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UNINA9910466100603321 |
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Crisis as an opportunity : organizational and community responses to disasters / / edited by Roni Kaufman [and three others] |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disaster relief |
Disasters - Social aspects |
Emergency management |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Incluides bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Crisis as an Opportunity; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Analytic Frameworks and Perspectives; Chapter One Community and Organizational Responses to Disasters; Chapter Two Interventions in Disasters: An International Perspective; Part Two: Community Development and Organizational Interventions; Chapter Three Challenges for Community Development in Disaster Situations; Chapter Four Program Logic Modeling as a Tool for Developing a Disaster Response and Mitigation Plan: The Somaliland Experience |
Chapter Five Planning for the Unimaginable: Having Your Personal, Family, Organizational, and Community PlanChapter Six Taking the Disabled into Account in Preparing for And Responding to Disasters; Chapter Seven Neighbors Helping Neighbors: The Disability Community and Emergency Preparedness; Part Three: Notes from the Field; Chapter Eight Mud and Mold: Making Meaning of Adversity in New Orleans; Chapter Nine Words of Wisdom Following the Tsunami: Lessons from Sri Lanka; Chapter Ten Making the Voices of Victims Heard |
Chapter Eleven The Human Hand Behind Natural Disasters: The Ugandan ExperiencePart Four: Psychosocial Interventions; Chapter Twelve Cultural Sensitivity in Psychosocial Interventions Following a |
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Disaster: A Tri-national Collaboration in Sri Lanka; Chapter Thirteen Psychological Outcomes of the 2001 World Trade Center Attack; Chapter Fourteen Social Work Students During Wartime: False Effect of Professional Self-efficacy?; Chapter Fifteen Shared Traumatic Reality: Social Work Students and Clients in an Area Under Attack; Part Five: Conclusion; Chapter Sixteen From Helping to Changing; Editors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book addresses the development of long-term interventions following disasters, emphasizing disadvantaged communities. Attention is given to the role of change agents, such as local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and psychosocial professionals, to ensure that the window of opportunity is realized, generating immediate help and sustained community development. |
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