Response to disaster : fact versus fiction & its perpetuation : the sociology of disaster /
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Lanham, Md. :
University Press of America,
c1998.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. What is a Disaster?
- Ch. 2. Behavioral Response to Disaster
- Case Study: Why Do Some Evacuate, While Others Do Not? The Ephrata, Pennsylvania Evacuation
- Ch. 3. Why We Believe the Disaster Mythology
- Case Study: Disastrous Fantasizing in the Print Media: How Disasters Have Been Portrayed in Newsmagazine Reporting Over a 40 Year Period
- Case Study: Hurricane Gilbert as the Media's Creation of the 'Storm of the Century' During September 1988
- Ch. 4. Organizational Response to Disaster
- Case Study: What the Professionals Believe & The Role of Experience
- Case Study: Media's Impact on EOC Response
- Case Study: Experience & Mitigation Planning
- Case Study: Earthquake Hazard Risk Reduction & Seismic Vulnerability
- Ch. 5. Future Research Needs.