Human and group behavior in the emergency period of disasters : now and in the future.

By:

Quarantelli, E. L. (Enrico Louis), 1924-

Contributor(s):

University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Series: Article (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 266Publication details: 1994Description: 19 pSubject(s):

Subject: Summarizes what social science research has established about human and group behavior in the emergency time period of disasters. Discusses the behavior of human beings at the height of a disaster. This is followed by a similar discussion of how groups react during the same time period. Concludes by very briefly looking at whether the behaviors that have been observed in the last half century are likely to be the same in future decades

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Summarizes what social science research has established about human and group behavior in the emergency time period of disasters. Discusses the behavior of human beings at the height of a disaster. This is followed by a similar discussion of how groups react during the same time period. Concludes by very briefly looking at whether the behaviors that have been observed in the last half century are likely to be the same in future decades

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