Preparations for, responses to, and recovery from major community disasters.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Book and monograph series (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 22Publication details: 1989Description: 351pReport number: INT-8414959; AcademicSubject: Disaster managementSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Disaster sociologySubject: Emergency planningSubject: The intent of the Seminar is to share, compare, and evaluate existing knowledge and research findings in the context of social preparation, response and recovery from major community disaster, as developed by both groups of scientists, and to identify projects ;suitable for mutually beneficial future study collaboration. In the United States, the time seems ripe for a thorough examination of the theories, findings, and methodologies associated with disaster research. In Italy, now that disaster research has established itself and a critcal mass of researchers has emerged, there is a questioning of the future thrust of the field. This joint seminar is therefore timely for both countries
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Proceedings of the Italy-United States seminar: preparations for, response to, and recovery from major community disasters
Seminar Dates October 5-10 1986
Disaster management
Disaster research
Disaster sociology
Emergency planning
The intent of the Seminar is to share, compare, and evaluate existing knowledge and research findings in the context of social preparation, response and recovery from major community disaster, as developed by both groups of scientists, and to identify projects ;suitable for mutually beneficial future study collaboration. In the United States, the time seems ripe for a thorough examination of the theories, findings, and methodologies associated with disaster research. In Italy, now that disaster research has established itself and a critcal mass of researchers has emerged, there is a questioning of the future thrust of the field. This joint seminar is therefore timely for both countries
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