Emerging voices in natural hazards r...
Rivera, Fernando I.

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  • Emerging voices in natural hazards research
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    正題名/作者: Emerging voices in natural hazards research/ edited by Fernando I. Rivera.
    其他作者: Rivera, Fernando I.
    出版者: Cambridge, MA :Butterworth-Heinemann, : 2019.,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    內容註: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather / Christopher F. Labosier -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.1.1.Literature review -- 1.2.Methodology -- 1.3.Results -- 1.3.1.Characteristics of sample -- 1.3.2.Awareness and sources of severe weather alerts -- 1.3.3.Perceptions of risk and responsibility -- 1.3.4.Preparedness -- 1.3.5.Behavior around severe weather -- 1.4.Discussion -- 1.4.1.Survey limitations -- 1.4.2.Future research recommendations -- 1.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 2 The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods / Christopher Lammiman -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The social construction of gender and disasters -- 2.3.Gendered vulnerability and impacts -- 2.4.Emergency management: No girls allowed? -- 2.5.Gender in disaster research -- 2.6.The gender landscape in Alberta -- 2.6.1.The Alberta advantage? -- 2.6.2.The flood experience -- 2.7.Project design -- 2.7.1.Sample design and participants -- 2.8.The gender dimensions of the 2013 flood -- 2.8.1.Gendered vulnerability -- 2.8.2.Gendered impacts -- 2.8.3.Gendered response and recovery -- 2.9.Lessons identified -- 2.9.1.Emergency management agencies -- 2.9.2.Social service agencies -- 2.10.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 3 Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda / Yazidhi Bamutaze -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Materials and methods -- 3.2.1.Description of study area -- 3.2.2.Data sources -- 3.2.3.Inventory of previous landslide -- 3.2.4.Terrain parameterization -- 3.2.5.Determining the Stream Power Index and Compound Topographic Index -- 3.2.6.Determining basin morphometric parameters -- 3.2.7.Data analysis -- 3.3.Results and discussion -- 3.3.1.Magnitude and damages from landslides on Mt. Elgon -- 3.3.2.Spatial patterns of landslide occurrence -- 3.3.3.Temporal patterns of landslide hazards -- 3.3.4.Terrain conditions underpinning landslide occurrence -- 3.3.5.Catchment morphometric attributes and landslide patterns -- 3.3.6.Influence of lithology and soil on landslide density -- 3.3.7.Climamorphogenetic effects on landslide causation and patterns -- 3.4.Community vulnerability to landslide hazards in Uganda -- 3.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 4 Disaster recovery among older adults: Exploring the intersection of vulnerability and resilience / Nnenia Campbell -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Guiding concepts and theories -- 4.2.1.Social vulnerability -- 4.2.2.Living arrangements and social connectedness -- 4.2.3.New perspectives -- 4.2.4.Social capital -- 4.3.Methods -- 4.4.Findings -- 4.4.1.Financial pressures and disaster assistance -- 4.4.2.Recovery in suspension -- 4.4.3.Social interaction and displacement -- 4.4.4.Narratives of independence, capacity, and agency in the post-disaster environment -- 4.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 5 Hurricanes, disasters, and food insecurity: The intersection of two social events / B.J. Fletcher -- 5.1.Introduction/background -- 5.2.Literature review -- 5.2.1.Social vulnerability and vulnerability theory -- 5.2.2.Food insecurity and socially vulnerable populations -- 5.3.Proposed framework and hypotheses -- 5.4.Methodology -- 5.4.1.Exploratory case study using the CDC's social vulnerability index -- 5.4.2.The case: Hurricane Sandy -- 5.5.Results and findings -- 5.5.1.SVI: Bergen County -- 5.5.2.SVI: Essex County -- 5.5.3.Other organizational archival data -- 5.5.4.In the news -- 5.6.Discussion -- 5.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 6 Homelessness and inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for community disaster resilience / Jamie Vickery -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Literature review -- 6.2.1.The Pressure and Release model and the concept of marginalization -- 6.2.2.Vulnerability and resilience: Citizenship under neoliberal governance -- 6.2.3.Homeless populations in disaster vulnerability research -- 6.3.Study background: The 2013 floods and Boulder County -- 6.4.Research methods -- 6.4.1.Research questions -- 6.4.2.Ethical considerations and fieldwork reflections -- 6.5.Findings -- 6.5.1.Affordable housing -- 6.5.2.Homeless criminalization -- 6.5.3.Barriers experienced by homeless persons during and after the floods -- 6.6.Discussion: Implications for whole community resilience -- 6.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 7 Hazardous or vulnerable? Prisoners and emergency planning in the U.S / J. Carlee Purdum -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Relationship between corrections and emergency management -- 7.3.Emergency management within corrections institutions -- 7.3.1.Inmate-precipitated events -- 7.3.2.Disasters -- 7.3.3.Evacuation of corrections facilities -- 7.4.Prisoners: A vulnerable population -- 7.4.1.Social vulnerability and incarcerated populations -- 7.4.2.Characteristics of prisoners and vulnerability -- 7.4.3.Prisoners and poverty -- 7.4.4.Nature of imprisonment and vulnerability -- 7.5.Impact of view of prisoners: A hazard on prisoner vulnerability -- 7.5.1.Is it one or the other? Hazardous or vulnerable? -- 7.5.2.Militarized response vs. humanitarian response -- 7.5.3.Deprivation of resources -- 7.6.Data and methods -- 7.6.1.Emergency operations plans -- 7.7.Analysis: Qualitative coding -- 7.8.Results -- 7.8.1.Emergency planning for corrections -- 7.8.2.Source of the emergency -- 7.8.3.Emergency actions: Balancing compassionate response with forceful response -- 7.8.4.Defining prisoners as vulnerable population -- 7.8.5.Additional vulnerability of prisoners -- 7.8.6.Other findings -- 7.9.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 8 The recovery process: The standard used to measure Emergency Management effectiveness in the eyes of the public / Romeo B. Lavarias -- 8.1.Overview -- 8.2.Basis of public expectations in the aftermath of a disaster -- 8.3.Emergency management field development in the context of public administration -- 8.4.Methodology -- 8.5.Results and findings -- 8.6.Lessons learned -- 8.7.Summary -- References -- ch. 9 Institutions of higher education / Jennifer A. Adams -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.1.1.Theoretical framework -- 9.1.2.Statement of the problem, scope, and limitations -- 9.2.Literature review -- 9.2.1.Emergency management -- 9.2.2.Emergency Management Higher Education grant background -- 9.2.3.Surveys on emergency management and Institutions of Higher Education -- 9.2.4.Resilience -- historical context -- 9.2.5.Resilience -- current perspectives -- 9.3.Methodology -- 9.3.1.Research design -- 9.3.2.Instrument development and data gathering procedures -- 9.3.3.Participants -- 9.4.Analysis and discussion -- 9.4.1.Participant demographics -- 9.4.2.EMHE grant and perceived level of resilience at IHE -- 9.4.3.Correlations between perceived level of resilience and demographics? -- 9.5.Conclusions and recommendations -- 9.5.1.Summary -- 9.5.2.Conclusions -- 9.5.3.Recommendations -- References -- ch. 10 Institutionalizing nonprofit influences post-disaster / Nicole S. Hutton -- 10.1.Nonprofit engagement with marginalized populations -- 10.2.Recent international experiences of centralizat
    內容註: Virgin Islands / Thomas Weidemeyer -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Background -- 12.2.1.Disaster resilience and adaptive co-management -- 12.2.2.Self-organization in territories: An oxymoron? -- 12.2.3.Power-sharing -- 12.3.Exploratory research design -- 12.3.1.News article selection and coding -- 12.3.2.Context: The 2017 hurricane season -- 12.4.Case examples and discussion -- 12.4.1.Puerto Rico -- 12.4.2.U.S. Virgin Islands -- 12.5.Limitations -- 12.6.Recommendations and concluding remarks -- References -- ch. 13 People with disabilities: Becoming agents of change in Disaster Risk Reduction / Karlee Johnson -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.The process of becoming Deaf DiDRR researchers and practitioners -- 13.2.1.The sociocultural construction of deafness and risk -- 13.2.2.Becoming agents of change in the disaster space -- 13.3.Challenges in working in DiDRR in the Philippines -- 13.4.Making DiDRR a reality in South East Asia -- 13.4.1.Operationalizing DiDRR in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand -- 13.4.2.Advancing DiDRR for the benefit of all -- 13.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 14 Young, mobile, but alone in the cold and dark: Experiences of young urban in-migrants during extreme weather events in the UK / Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Research design and methodology -- 14.2.1.Data collection -- 14.2.2.Data analysis -- 14.3.Findings and discussion -- 14.3.1.Responses to power outages during extreme weather events amongst young in-migrants, young people local to the area and older in-migrants
    內容註: Note continued: 14.3.2.To what extent do emergency support services meet the needs of the different groups of residents? -- 14.3.3.Identifying the drivers of vulnerability amongst young adult urban in-migrants -- 14.4.Conclusion and implications of findings -- Appendix 14.A Interview questions -- pt. 1 Responding to extreme weather -- pt. 2 Personal details and living circumstances -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 15 Social vulnerability and individual wellbeing: An empirical analysis of first responders in South Korea / Simon A. Andrew -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Social vulnerability and disasters -- 15.3.First responders, vulnerability, and psychological stress -- 15.3.1.First responders'vulnerability -- 15.3.2.First responders' psychological stress -- 15.3.3.Media coverage and stress -- 15.3.4.Gender and stress -- 15.3.5.Age and stress -- 15.3.6.Other factors: Work experience, self-efficacy, job ranks, and stress -- 15.4.Research design -- 15.4.1.Research site -- 15.4.2.Data -- 15.5.Results and discussion -- 15.6.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 16 How do the perceptions of natural hazards influence migration decisions among ethnic minority farmers? Insights from coastal Bangladesh / Felix Ampadu -- 16.1.Background -- 16.2.Theoretical framework -- 16.2.1.Social vulnerability to climate change: Understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change -- 16.2.2.Migration as adaptation -- 16.3.Study area & study population -- 16.3.1.Coastal Bangladesh -- 16.3.2.Kalapara -- 16.3.3.Study population -- 16.4.Methods -- 16.5.Findings -- 16.5.1.Sociodemographics -- 16.5.2.Perception of climate change in the past 10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.5.3.Perception of climate change in the next10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.
    標題: Natural disasters - Research. -
    電子資源: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128158210
    ISBN: 9780128162651 (electronic bk.)
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