Disasters

A Sociological Approach

AvKathleen Tierney

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

281 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

833 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

Beskrivning

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across nations and populations. Every disaster has social forces at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and the global, national, and local processes that produce environmental degradation and disaster.Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards as a form of environmental injustice, and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert in the field, the book provides the necessary frameworks for understanding hazards and disasters, as it explores the contributions of various social science disciplines to disaster research and how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing the social aspects of disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenge of conducting research in the aftermath of a disaster and critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to disaster risk reduction. This second edition places greater emphasis on climate-related disasters and offers new reflections on the impacts of Covid-19, additional material on the legacies of colonialism, and refreshed case studies.Peppered with research findings and insights from a wide range of disciplines, this rich introduction is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in both the social nature of disasters and their relation to broader social forces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-28
Mått:245 x 26 x 170 mm
Vikt:606 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Upplaga:2
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781509563081

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kathleen Tierney is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Director Emerita of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Recensioner i media

“Kathleen Tierney is among the world’s leading disaster scholars. Her wide-ranging insights provide a tour de force on interdisciplinary disaster and hazards scholarship, ranging from its history, through foundational perspectives and theories, to concepts and practical explorations of vulnerability and resilience. She articulates the challenges facing societies today which not only produce risk but must now work towards reducing it equitably in a changing world. This book is a must read for any serious student of disasters and hazards.”Susan L. Cutter, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina“This is a very welcome new edition. It is clearly written and, although subtitled A Sociological Approach, a wide range of people from different disciplines will benefit greatly from it. The new edition has been thoroughly revised to put the theoretical content into a better sequence, and references to disasters (and literature) have been updated. It is still one of the most useful approaches to disaster studies.”Terry Cannon, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL

Innehållsförteckning

Detailed ContentsFigures, Tables, and BoxesAcknowledgmentsPreface to the Second Edition1 The Social Significance of Disasters 2 Disaster Research in Historical Context3 Theoretical Approaches and Perspectives in the Study of Hazards and Disasters4 Middle-Range Theory: Panic, Emergence, Self-Protective Actions, and Organizational Risk5 Disaster Vulnerability6 Disaster Resilience: Concepts, Measures, and Critiques7 Key Contributions from Other Disciplines8 Confronting Disaster Research Challenges9 What the Future Holds: Greater Risks and Impacts or Greater Coping Capacity? NotesBibliography

Mer från samma författare

Social Roots of Risk

Kathleen Tierney

Inbunden

1 675 kr

Social Roots of Risk

Kathleen Tierney

Häftad

415 kr

Du kanske också är intresserad av

Katastrofriskreducering - Perspektiv, praktik, potential

Per Becker, Susann Baez Ullberg, Malin Beckman, Johan Bergström, Örjan Bodin, Ann Enander, Katarina Giritli Nygren, Nicklas Guldåker, Magnus Hagelsteen, Henrik Hassel, Jörgen Hellman, Carolina Ivarsson Holgersson, Jonas Johansson, Magnus Johansson, Daniel Nohrstedt, Lars Nyberg, Anna Olofsson, Jörgen Sparf, Misse Wester, Susanna Öhman