LEADER 02986oam 2200541 450 001 9910693976303321 005 20210114051836.0 010 $a0-398-08897-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000411787 035 $a(EBL)1363781 035 $a(OCoLC)841187095 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11557763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11005029 035 $a(PQKB)10100861 035 $a(DLC) 2013016018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1363781 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000411787 100 $a20130418d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPreparing for disaster $ebuilding household and community capacity /$fby 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 Zealand 210 1$aSpringfield, Illinois :$cCharles C Thomas, Publisher,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-398-08895-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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 PEOPLEa???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"" 327 $a""FUTURE ISSUES IN HAZARD PREPAREDNESS: ENGAGING PEOPLE, SCIENCE, PRACTICE""""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX"" 330 $aDespite 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 an 606 $aEmergency management 606 $aPreparedness 615 0$aEmergency management. 615 0$aPreparedness. 676 $a363.3472 700 $aPaton$b Douglas$0318491 701 $aMcClure$b John$0614548 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910693976303321 996 $aPreparing for disaster$93181772 997 $aUNINA