This text argues that "Natural" disasters have more to do with the
social, political, and economic aspects than they do with the
environmental hazards that trigger them. Disasters occur at the
interface of vulnerable people and hazardous environments. The
author concentrates on the social aspects of disaster, focusing on
the most expensive disaster to date in US history, the Northridge
earthquake of 1994, to examine the facets of vulnerability and
post-disaster recovery strategies. Surveying the historical and
contemporary aspects of life in Southern California the author
explains how vulnerability to disaster has been shaped by more than
a century of immigration, urbanization, environmental
transformations and economic development. Examining other recent
disasters alongside Northridge, this book provides a global view of
the social effects of disaster in developed and developing
countries. An insight into the field, the text presents aspects of
sustainable development and state policy and concludes with
considerations of ways that vulnerability can be reduced in the
future.
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