Social Vulnerability to Disasters.

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Thomas, Deborah S. K

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9781420078572

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363.34/2

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HV553 .S586 2010

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Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters -- Chapter 3. The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development -- Chapter 4. Class -- Chapter 5. Race and Ethnicity -- Chapter 6. Gender -- Chapter 7. Age -- Chapter 8. Disability -- Chapter 9. Health -- Chapter 10. Language and Literacy -- Chapter 11. Households and Families -- Chapter 12. Violence and Disaster Vulnerability -- Chapter 13. The Nature of Human Communities -- Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability -- Chapter 15. New Ideas for Practitioners -- Chapter 16. Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters -- Biographies of Contributors -- Index -- Back cover.

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