Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management.

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today.

Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing
Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field
Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-08
Mått:191 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:880 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:454
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128158210

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Fernando Rivera is a professor of sociology and director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub at the University of Central Florida. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his disaster research. He is the co-editor of two books on disaster vulnerability, hazards, and resilience and several journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Rivera is currently a principal co-investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary project examining restoration and resilience in coupled human-natural systems.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather2. The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods3. Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda4. Disaster recovery among older adults: Exploring the intersection of vulnerability and resilience5. Hurricanes, disasters, and food insecurity: The intersection of two social events6. Homelessness and inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for community disaster resilience7. Hazardous or vulnerable? Prisoners and emergency planning in the U.S.8. The recovery process: The standard used to measure Emergency Management effectiveness in the eyes of the public9. Institutions of higher education10. Institutionalizing nonprofit influences post-disaster11. Gender and representative bureaucracy: A qualitative look at opportunities and barriers for women in local emergency management agencies12. Natural hazards, resilience, and sovereignty: The case of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands13. People with disabilities: Becoming agents of change in Disaster Risk Reduction14. Young, mobile, but alone in the cold and dark: Experiences of young urban in-migrants during extreme weather events in the UK15. Social vulnerability and individual wellbeing: An empirical analysis of first responders in South Korea16. How do the perceptions of natural hazards influence migration decisions among ethnic minority farmers? Insights from coastal Bangladesh