Disability and Disaster : Explorations and Exchanges / / edited by I. Kelman, L. Stough

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34087
• Soggetto topico: Sociology; Environmental sociology; Criminology; Social justice; Human rights; Political science; Social work; Sociology, general; Environmental Sociology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Political Science; Social Work
• Persona (resp. second.): KelmanI; StoughL
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Background; Chapter One (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster; Chapter Two Disability and Disaster: An Overview; Chapter Three Inclusive Emergency Management for People with Disabilities Facing Disaster; Part II Narratives; Chapter Four One (Mis)step from (Personal) Disaster: Being Blind; Chapter Five One Should Remain Calm*; Chapter Six Failure and Hope: Living or Not with Disability after the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake; Chapter Seven Resilience.......Just for the Resilient? ; Chapter Eight Educating First Responders about Asperger's SyndromeChapter Nine Fighting to Restart; Chapter Ten No Matter What Happened, I Have Survived; Chapter Eleven Migraines and Atmospheric Conditions; Chapter Twelve Don't Let Me Burn!*; Chapter Thirteen If You People Would Just Prepare!; Chapter Fourteen Inclusive Risk Management; Chapter Fifteen Terrorism and Displacement in Kenya; Chapter Sixteen Maintaining Social Contact for Disaster Preparedness; Chapter Seventeen Disasters for People with Disabilities in the Cook Islands ; Chapter Eighteen A Disaster-Free Life-a Lot of Luck and HappinessChapter Nineteen Light or Darkness?*; Chapter Twenty The Water Is Rushing In; Chapter Twenty-One Of Bodybuilders and Wheelchairs; Chapter Twenty-Two My Sister; Chapter Twenty-Three Wheels on the Ground: Lessons Learned and Lessons to Learn; Part III Conclusions; Chapter Twenty-Four Help Us to Get It Right; Chapter Twenty-Five Exploring and Exchanging (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster; List of Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Disability and Disaster adds disaster research to the expanding area of disability studies. The book includes writings by international scholars and first-hand narratives from individuals with disabilities affected by disasters around the globe. Hazards described in these narratives include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and war.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability and Disaster
• ISBN: 1-137-48600-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806102903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Disaster Studies