Handbook of Disaster Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxviii

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2. Perspectives on Disasters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Defining Disaster: An Evolving Concept

      • Ronald W. Perry

      Pages 3-22

   3. The Crisis Approach

      • Arjen Boin, Paul ‘t Hart, Sanneke Kuipers

      Pages 23-38

   4. Contributions of Technological and Natech Disaster Research to the Social Science Disaster Paradigm

      • Duane A. Gill, Liesel A. Ritchie

      Pages 39-60

   5. Studying Future Disasters and Crises: A Heuristic Approach

      • E. L. Quarantelli, Arjen Boin, Patrick Lagadec

      Pages 61-83

3. Contemporary Issues in Disasters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Resilience and Disasters

      • James M. Kendra, Lauren A. Clay, Kimberly B. Gill

      Pages 87-107

   3. The Cultural Turn in Disaster Research: Understanding Resilience and Vulnerability Through the Lens of Culture

      • Gary R. Webb

      Pages 109-121

   4. Terrorism as Hazard and Disaster

      • William L. Waugh Jr.

      Pages 123-143

   5. Climate Change and Disasters

      • Katherine Hore, Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer, JC Gaillard

      Pages 145-159

   6. On Bridging Research and Practice in Disaster Science and Management: Unified System or Impossible Mission?

      • Joseph E. Trainor, Eric K. Stern, Tony Subbio

      Pages 161-178

4. Inequality, Social Stratification, and Disasters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Disaster Vulnerability

      • Bob Bolin, Liza C. Kurtz

      Pages 181-203

   3. Gender and Disaster: Foundations and New Directions for Research and Practice

      • Elaine Enarson, Alice Fothergill, Lori Peek

      Pages 205-223

   4. People with Disabilities and Disasters

      • Laura M. Stough, Ilan Kelman

      Pages 225-242

   5. Children and Disasters

      • Lori Peek, David M. Abramson, Robin S. Cox, Alice Fothergill, Jennifer Tobin

      Pages 243-262

   6. Social Capital in Disaster Research

      • Michelle A. Meyer

      Pages 263-286

5. Methods and Methodological Issues in Disaster Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Methodological Issues in Disaster Research

      • William Donner, Walter Diaz

      Pages 289-309

This second edition of the Handbook reflects some of the foundational topics for disaster studies; current substantive, methodological or theoretical topics of interest; as well as new and emerging topics in the field. While highlighting some of the iconic themes of the 1st Edition, including what is a disaster; morbidity and mortality associated with disasters; gender and disasters; and race, class, ethnicity, and disasters, the 2nd Edition also brings to the forefront new and emerging research themes in the field of disaster studies, including climate change; children and disasters; technological and natech disasters; as well as the news media and disasters, among others. The 2nd Edition of the Handbook will continue to inform the field of disaster studies for years to come; it will expand our knowledge in this important field of inquiry, but will also generate new questions and research ideas; will continue to positively impact the growth, development, and  expansion of thisfield and our growing community; and will continue to raise awareness regarding the onset and impact of these events in societies throughout the world, and, in turn, will have significant and positive impacts on disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

• Disaster Research
• Gender and Disaster
• Methodological Approaches to Disaster
• Geographic Information Systems and Disaster
• Sustainable Disaster Recovery
• Vulnerability, Resilience and Disasters
• Business and Disasters
• Communication, Social Media and Disasters
• Mass Media and Disasters
• Public Health and Disasters
• Global Aspects and Disasters
• Climate Change and Disasters
• Terrorism and Disaster
• Disaster and Community Processes
• Government Management and Disasters
• landscape/regional and urban planning

“This book constitutes an important contribution to the field of disaster studies and is especially valuable for scholars, researchers, and those designing curricula in the field of emergency and disaster management … . It represents a critical addition for academic libraries and disaster collections with articles that will be heavily sought by students of disaster studies and would also make an excellent classroom textbook for students across a range of disciples and in the field of emergency management.” (Laura Olson, recoverydiva.com, June, 2018)

• University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, USA

  Havidán Rodríguez

• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, USA

  William Donner

• Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

  Joseph E. Trainor

Havidán Rodríguez is the President of the University at Albany of the State University of New York (SUNY). However, most of his work for this Handbook took place in his previous role as Founding Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and a tenured professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He also served as director of the Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware. He was the principal investigator for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Training the Next Generation of Disaster Researchers, funded by NSF. Dr. Rodríguez is the co-editor (with Quarantelli and Dynes) of the Handbook of Disaster Research (2006). 



Joseph E. Trainor is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware (UD). He is the current director of the UD Disaster Science and Management Degree Programs and is a Core Faculty memberat the Disaster Research Center (DRC).

William Donner is Associate Professor of Sociology and Disaster Studies M.A. Director at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.  Research interests include hazard warnings, epidemiology, demography, and statistical applications in disaster research.

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