Victims and helpers, 1974 floods in the Moreton Region: a working paper.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1974Description: 19p., no refsReport number: AcademicSubject: It is argued that popular images of the roles people play in disasters exist. Whether they are accurate descriptions of behaviour or not they serve to structure the social environment and thereby are functional in initiating interaction between individuals in an unfamiliar social context. The author believes that such popular images are not appropriate bases for planning community response to disasters and yet their appropriateness seems not to have been seriously examined. Images of the roles of victim and helper are dealt with in the present paper and it is argued that: population affected by the onset of a natural hazard is not confined to the geographical area of impact; that the needs of helpers as well as those of victims will have to be satisfied to the extent that either set of needs remains unsatisfied an abnormal social environment will continue to exist. Data collected after the floods in the Moreton Region in 1974 is used to illustrate the argument
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It is argued that popular images of the roles people play in disasters exist. Whether they are accurate descriptions of behaviour or not they serve to structure the social environment and thereby are functional in initiating interaction between individuals in an unfamiliar social context. The author believes that such popular images are not appropriate bases for planning community response to disasters and yet their appropriateness seems not to have been seriously examined. Images of the roles of victim and helper are dealt with in the present paper and it is argued that: population affected by the onset of a natural hazard is not confined to the geographical area of impact; that the needs of helpers as well as those of victims will have to be satisfied to the extent that either set of needs remains unsatisfied an abnormal social environment will continue to exist. Data collected after the floods in the Moreton Region in 1974 is used to illustrate the argument
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