1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467832403321

Titolo

Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011]

©2009

ISBN

0-429-24977-2

1-4200-7857-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

363.34/2

Soggetti

Disasters - Social aspects

Risk assessment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters -- chapter 3 The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development -- chapter 4 Class -- chapter 5 Race and Ethnicity -- chapter 6 Gender -- chapter 7 Age -- chapter 8 Disability -- chapter 9 Health -- chapter 10 Language and Literacy -- chapter 11 Households and Families -- chapter 12 Violence and Disaster Vulnerability -- chapter 13 The Nature of Human Communities -- chapter Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability -- chapter 15 New Ideas for Practitioners -- chapter 16 Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters -- chapter Biographies of Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different circumstances, they share a common factor: the overwhelming majority of victims are women, children, elderly, disadvantaged, or disabled. Evidence gathered from these events clearly demonstrates how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts. Focusing explicitly on the social construction of disasters, Social Vulnerability to



Disasters examines how the characteristics of an event alone do not create the tragedies that unfurl.The book discusses why such vulnerabilities exist, what can be done to foster change, and ultimately, reduce vulnerabilities and build capacity. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach to examine historical, geographic, social, and cultural factors and conditions that put people differently at risk before, during, and after disasters. The contributors explore how vulnerable social groups are affected by and cope with hazardous conditions and events. Each chapter provides strategies for community based mitigation by engaging those populations most at risk. Research has shown that recognizing and focusing on at-risk populations can create better mitigation, response, preparedness, and recovery capabilities, as well as lessening the economic and social impact of disasters. Based on materials developed for the FEMA Higher Education Project, this book is an empirically-based guide on the practical value of incorporating social aspects of disasters into emergency management, public administration, and social service programs.All royalty proceeds from the book benefit the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Fund at the Natural Hazards Center of the University of Colorado, Boulder.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIPARTHENOPE000038285

Autore

Zampone, Giovanni

Titolo

Il >sustainability reporting nelle imprese italiane quotate : profili teorici e applicativi / Giovanni Zampone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : Giappichelli, c2023

Titolo uniforme

Il sustainability reporting nelle imprese italiane quotate

ISBN

979-12-211-2937-3

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 162 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Economia aziendale . sezione ricerche ; 37

Disciplina

658.4080945

Collocazione

658-S/106

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968577803321

Titolo

Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota . Volume 2 Ocean and coastal economy / / edited by James C. Cato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-60344-270-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

CatoJames C

Disciplina

578.77

578.77364

Soggetti

Marine biology - Mexico, Gulf of

Geology - Mexico, Gulf of

Oceanography - Mexico, Gulf of

America, Gulf of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents v; Foreword: Fifty-Year Update of Bulletin 89 viiJohn W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder,and Sylvia A. Earle; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chapter 1 The Gulf of Mexico Region as a Transnational Community 1Terry L. McCoy; Chapter 2 The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico 21David W. Yoskowitz; Chapter 3 An Economic Overview of Selected Industries Dependentupon the Gulf of Mexico 28charles m. Adams, Emilio Hernandez, and Jim Lee

Chapter 4 The Changing Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United StatesGulf of Mexico 47Judith T. K ildow, Charles S. Colgan,and Linwood PendletonChapter 5 Environmental Sustainability of Economic Trends in the Gulf of Mexico:What Is the Limit for Mexican Coastal Development? 82Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, José J. Ramírez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz; Contributors 105; Index 107

Sommario/riassunto

The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline



data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, Californi