Response to Disaster

Fact Versus Fiction & Its Perception

AvHenry W. Fischer

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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This book provides the reader with a basic understanding of how people and organizations usually respond to a disaster in contrast to how they are usually perceived to respond. The author also describes how and why the mass media helps to provide both accurate and inaccurate information. If each of us were to gain a better understanding of the behavioral and organizational problems commonly encountered during a disaster, we may facilitate more effective mitigation, planning, and disaster response activity in our own communities and in the nation. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; What is a Disaster?; Behavioral Responses to Disaster; Why We Believe the Disaster Mythology; Organizational Response to Disaster; Future Research Needs; Bibliography; Index.

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Utgivningsdatum:1994-07-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780819195524

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Henry W. Fischer, III is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

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...I found the book fascinating at the first read, instructive and thought provoking at the second. Yes, it is that kind of book, and certainly will be of great value to all those at whom it is aimed. -- Norman Anderson, DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ...how people and organisations usually respond to disasters... as well as...how and why news organisations provide accurate and inaccurate information about disasters. International Civil Defence Journal ...The book certainly lays the evidence to dispel the concept of the myths and is illustrated by well-researched case examples. If I do have a complaint, it is that it is too short!> -- H.C. Wilson, DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ...The book certainly lays the evidence to dispel the concept of the myths and is illustrated by well-researched case examples. If I do have a complaint, it is that it is too short! -- H.C. Wilson, DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ...I found the book fascinating at the first read, instructive and thought provoking at the second. Yes, it is that kind of book, and certainly will be of great value to all those at whom it is aimed. -- Norman Anderson, DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT "...how people and organisations usually respond to disasters... as well as...how and why news organisations provide accurate and inaccurate information about disasters. International Civil Defence Journal

Innehållsförteckning

chapter 1 BContents:^R What is a Disaster? chapter 2 Behavioral Responses to Disaster chapter 3 Why We Believe the Disaster Mythology chapter 4 Organizational Response to Disaster chapter 5 Future Research Needs chapter 6 Bibliography chapter 7 Index