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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777617703321

Autore

Sciences Committee on Disaster Research in the Social

Titolo

Facing Hazards and Disasters [[electronic resource] ] : Understanding Human Dimensions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2006

ISBN

0-309-16462-1

1-280-56744-9

9786610567447

0-309-65985-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CouncilNational Research

Disciplina

363.34

Soggetti

Disaster relief -- United States

Electronic books. -- local

Emergency management -- United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Societal Changes Influencing the Context of Research""; ""3 Social Science Research on Hazard Mitigation, Emergency Preparedness,and Recovery Preparedness""; ""4 Research on Disaster Response and Recovery""; ""5 Interdisciplinary Hazards and Disaster Research""; ""6 International Research:Confronting the Challenges of Disaster Risk Reduction and Development""; ""7 The Role of State-of-the-Art Technologies and Methods for Enhancing Studies of Hazards and Disasters""

""8 Knowledge Dissemination and Application""""9 The Present and Future Hazards and Disaster Research Workforce""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Acronyms""; ""Appendix B Recommendations""; ""Appendix C Committee Biographies""