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What Is a Disaster? (Hardcover)
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What Is a Disaster? (Hardcover)
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What is a Disaster? Addresses the most basic question in the field:
that of defining the phenomenon of study. For theoretical
advancement, it is important that researchers begin to develop a
consensus about the meaning of disasters and related phenomena.
With the rise in international terrorism, one must clarify whether
these events are disasters and if so, what kind of disasters.
Similarly, in addition to natural disasters, do we include riots,
explosions, nuclear power plant accidents, damn collapses, and land
subsidence under the same conceptual umbrella? What practical and
theoretical differences does it make if the same label is used or
not used for such different situations? What is a Disaster? Brings
together twelve social scientists representing eight disciplines
and seven countries to share their definition and vision of
disasters. In the process, a wide range of views are expressed and
issues raised regarding the relationship of academic versus
practical definitions, the impact of grouping types of disasters in
different ways, and the epistemologies on which theoretical growth
should rest. The forum provided involves the presentation of each
author's views, followed by a discussant's critique, and closed
with a response from the author. The editor's close the volume with
discussions of the theoretical framework of disaster research and
an agenda for disaster research in the twenty-first century.
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