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The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters
Rudenstine, Sasha; Galea, Sandro
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Description for The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters
Hardcover. This book brings a public health perspective to disaster preparedness and disaster response. It systematically reviews a half century of disasters worldwide to form the basis for a contextual model of disasters and population behavior following disasters. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; MBNH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters brings a public health perspective to the literature, reflecting the increasing importance of the field in both disaster preparedness and disaster response. Arguing that a disaster is not only the event but its aftermath as well, the authors apply salient local content to the study of scenarios ranging from the Cuzco, Peru, earthquake of 1950 to the Columbine school shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, and 9/11. These case studies form the basis for models of vulnerabilities to disasters and population behavior following disasters, illustrating how careful pre-event planning and coordinated post-event response strategies ... Read more
The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters brings a public health perspective to the literature, reflecting the increasing importance of the field in both disaster preparedness and disaster response. Arguing that a disaster is not only the event but its aftermath as well, the authors apply salient local content to the study of scenarios ranging from the Cuzco, Peru, earthquake of 1950 to the Columbine school shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, and 9/11. These case studies form the basis for models of vulnerabilities to disasters and population behavior following disasters, illustrating how careful pre-event planning and coordinated post-event response strategies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461403166
SKU
V9781461403166
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Ref
99-15
About Rudenstine, Sasha; Galea, Sandro
Sandro Galea is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan. He has edited or co-edited two other books published by Springer: Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health, and the Handbook of Urban Health.
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