Proceedings of organizational and community response to disasters.

Conference Dates 11-15 September 1972

Part 1: Welcoming remarks (pp1-4); Background and objectives of the seminar (pp5-11); Disaster films from Japan and the United States (p12); Study and research in Japan (pp13-16); Study and research in the United States (pp17-26); Part 2: Research and theoretical work on disasters in the United States. Introduction (pp27-28); DRC studies of community functioning (pp29-73); DRC studies of organizational change (pp74-88); Meeting the challenge of disaster : family responses and long-term consequences (pp89-108); An approach to the analysis of emergent phenomena (pp110-129); Organizational differences and similarities in disasters and civil disturbances (pp130-141); Inerorganizational relations and organized responses to disaster environments (pp142-158); Research on the socio-economic impact of geophysical hazards in the US (pp159-164); Part 3: Research and theoretical work on disasters in Japan. Introduction (p165); Rumour analysis in the Niigata earthquake (pp166-174); Evacuating characteristics of Tokyo citizens (pp175-183); Power structure of local government in emergencies (pp196-207); Attitudes toward disaster defense organizations and volunteer activities in emergencies (pp208-217); A probability model of rumour transmission (pp218-233); Part 4: Cross cultural studies of disasters and problems in cross cultural research. Cross cultural studies of disaster (pp235-256); A Japanese perspective: Japanese reactions to disasters as one aspect of national character (pp257-263); A non-disaster perspective on cross cultural research (pp264-270); Problems in cross cultural research : a disaster perspective (pp271-291); The Japanese view of problems in cross cultural research (pp292-295); Disaster research : another perspective (pp296-304); Part 5: Concluding session. Remarks (p307); Report : pre-disaster studies discussion (pp308-311); Concluding remarks (pp312)