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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828714103321

Titolo

Applications of social network analysis for building community disaster resilience : workshop summary / / Sammantha L. Magsino, rapporteur ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

0-309-14233-4

9786612274954

0-309-14095-1

1-282-27495-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MagsinoSammantha L

Disciplina

363.3480973

Soggetti

Community organization - Social aspects - United States

Disasters - Social aspects - United States

Emergency management - United States

Natural disasters - Social aspects - United States

Preparedness

Resilience (Personality trait)

Social networks - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1  Introduction""; ""2  The Science and Practice""; ""3  Social Network Analysis for Improved Disaster Preparedness and Intervention Planning""; ""4  From Theory to Practice""; ""References""; ""Appendix A   Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B   Selected Recent References on Disaster Resilience, Social Networks, and Social Network Analysis""; ""Appendix C   Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix D   Breakout Session Descriptions""

Sommario/riassunto

"In response to a request by the Department of Homeland Security, the National Research Council formed an ad hoc committee to organize a two-day workshop to discuss the use of social network analysis (SNA)



for the purpose of building community disaster resilience. The workshop was held February 11-12, 2009, in Washington, D.C., and engaged a group of approximately 30 researchers in the field of SNA and resilience science as well as emergency management practitioners from different regions of the country"--P. vii.