Response to disaster : fact versus fiction and its perpetuation: the sociology of disaster / Henry W. Fischer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2008.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 238 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0761841172 (paper : alk. paper)
- 9780761841173 (paper : alk. paper)
- 363.348 22
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1.What is a disaster - - 2. Who does disaster research. - - 3. Behavioral response to disaster. - - 4. Why we believe the disaster mythology. - - 5. Organizational response to disaster. - - 6. Future research needs
Response to disaster combines the origional research of author with literature used today to describe behavioral and organizational challenges commonly experienced before, during and after disasters. Actual problems are presented and compared to those often misperceived to occure,
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