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Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions (Emergency Preparedness by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities.; National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events - including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact - affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.

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Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities.; National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280567445

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Management