02986oam 2200541 450 991069397630332120210114051836.00-398-08897-7(CKB)2670000000411787(EBL)1363781(OCoLC)841187095(SSID)ssj0000983574(PQKBManifestationID)11557763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983574(PQKBWorkID)11005029(PQKB)10100861(DLC) 2013016018(MiAaPQ)EBC1363781(EXLCZ)99267000000041178720130418d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPreparing for disaster building household and community capacity /by Douglas Paton, PH.D., C.Psychol., School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia and John McClure, PH.D., School of Psychology, Victoria University, Wellington, New ZealandSpringfield, Illinois :Charles C Thomas, Publisher,2013.1 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-398-08895-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""PREPARING FOR DISASTER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Chapter 1 CO-EXISTING WITH A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT""; ""Chapter 2 PEOPLE, HAZARDS, AND HAZARD MITIGATION""; ""Chapter 3 HAZARD READINESS AND PREPAREDNESS""; ""Chapter 4 PEOPLE�S BELIEFS AND HAZARD PREPAREDNESS""; ""Chapter 5 PREDICTING HAZARD PREPAREDNESS: SOCIAL COGNITIVE INFLUENCES""; ""Chapter 6 SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON HAZARD BELIEFS""; ""Chapter 7 HAZARD PREPAREDNESS: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT""; ""Chapter 8 CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HAZARD PREPAREDNESS""; ""Chapter 9 BUSINESS PREPAREDNESS""""FUTURE ISSUES IN HAZARD PREPAREDNESS: ENGAGING PEOPLE, SCIENCE, PRACTICE""""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""Despite the evident advantages that being prepared for natural life-threatening events confers on people and communities, research has consistently found that individual, community, and business preparedness levels are low. This book examines why this is so and identifies what can be done to expedite the development of sustained preparedness, at household, community, and societal levels. The text emphasizes the need for this aspect of social risk management to be based on engagement principles: how people engage with their natural environment, how they engage with each other, and how people anEmergency managementPreparednessEmergency management.Preparedness.363.3472Paton Douglas318491McClure John614548DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910693976303321Preparing for disaster3181772UNINA