The response to disaster of individuals and families within their community.
Material type:
TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: FEB 1983Description: 10p., illSubject: In a natural disaster situation the predominant experience is confusion. It occurs because disastrous events, by their very nature, disrupt the expected familiar pattern of life. The physical environment is usually drastically altered: sometimes it is almost unrecognizeable. Death, injury or the threat of them introduce new and powerful experiences of danger. Evacuation and the influx of relief workers, replace ordered and familiar community life with a disoriented emotional mass of people. In this, as in any situation of confusion, people fall back on what is familiar, to orient themselves. This means they may not immediately recognise what is new and unique in the disaster. They tend to focus on definite, tangible problems. The overwhelming physical needs are quite rightly the first to be addressed. Many physical requirements have to be met in a matter of hours. When concentrating on providing necessary services, it is difficult to be understanding of the new personal and community responses that take place
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 303.485 WRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005323853 |
Browsing Australian Emergency Management Library shelves, Collection: BOOK Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
Reprint
In a natural disaster situation the predominant experience is confusion. It occurs because disastrous events, by their very nature, disrupt the expected familiar pattern of life. The physical environment is usually drastically altered: sometimes it is almost unrecognizeable. Death, injury or the threat of them introduce new and powerful experiences of danger. Evacuation and the influx of relief workers, replace ordered and familiar community life with a disoriented emotional mass of people. In this, as in any situation of confusion, people fall back on what is familiar, to orient themselves. This means they may not immediately recognise what is new and unique in the disaster. They tend to focus on definite, tangible problems. The overwhelming physical needs are quite rightly the first to be addressed. Many physical requirements have to be met in a matter of hours. When concentrating on providing necessary services, it is difficult to be understanding of the new personal and community responses that take place
There are no comments on this title.