Methods of disaster research / edited by Robert A. Stallings ; International Research Committee on Disasters.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Methods of disaster research : unique or not? / Robert A. Stallings -- Pt 1 : Context -- 2. Preface / Lewis M. Killian -- 3. An introduction to methodological problems of field studies in disasters / Lewis M. Killian -- 4. The Disaster Research Center (DRC) field studies of organised behaviour in the crisis time period of disasters / E. L. Quarantelli -- 5. Following some dreams : recognising opportunities, posing interesting questions, and implementing alternative methods / Thomas E. Drabek -- Pt. II : Continuities -- 6. Survey research / Linda B. Borque, Kimberley I. Shoaf and Loc H. Ngyuen -- 7. Qualitative methods and disaster research / Brenda Phillips -- 8. The economics of natural disasters / Anthony M. J. Yezer -- 9. Cross-national and comparative disaster research / Walter Gillis Peacock -- 10. Media studies / Marco Lombardi -- 11. Rewriting a living legend : researching the 1917 Halifax explosion / T. Joseph Scanlon -- Pt. III : Prospects -- 12. Methodological changes and challenges in disaster research : electronic media and the globalisation of data collection / Wolf R. Dombrowsky -- 13. The use of geographic information systems in disaster research / Nicole Dash -- 14. Problems and and prospects of disaster research in the developing world : a case study of Bangladesh / Habibul Haque Khondker -- 15. The field turns fifty : social change and the practice of disaster fieldwork / Kathleen J. Tierney -- Pt. IV : Postscript -- 16. Future disaster research : a practitioner's viewpoint of public-private partnerships / Ollie Davidson -- Pt. V : Appendix -- Selected internet resources on natural hazards and disasters / David L. Butler.