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Disability and Disaster [[electronic resource] ] : Explorations and Exchanges / / edited by I. Kelman, L. Stough
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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.: | 9910795918903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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