The causes and behavioral consequences of disasters [electronic resource] : models informed by the global experience 1950-2005 / Sasha Rudenstine, Sandro Galea.

"The World Trade Center attacks. A typhoid outbreak in Eastern Europe. Hurricane Katrina. While each is a unique disaster, devastating events such as these are united both by their causes, and by the wide-ranging, and long-lasting health consequences that characterize their aftermath. Many of these...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudenstine, Sasha
Other Authors: Galea, Sandro
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2012.
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Disasters > Psychological aspects.
Online Access:
Springer English/International eBooks 2012 - Full Set: 2012 (Springer Link)
Variant Title:
The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters: Models Informed by the Global Experience 1950-2005
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The study of disasters: Understanding disasters ; Broadening our conception of disasters and their consequences
  • Causes of disasters: The missing role of context : a conceptual model ; The continuum of vulnerabilities and capacities ; Vulnerabilities and capacities : Venezuela floods and mudslides, December 14-16, 1999 ; Intermittent stressors and protectors : modifiers of disaster ; Intermittent stressors : New York City subway fire, December 28, 1990 ; Intermittent protectors : Cuzco, Peru earthquake, May 21, 1950
  • Behavioral consequences of disasters: A conceptual model for understanding population behavior after disasters ; Stage one : group preservation, Australia Cyclone Rona, February 11-13, 1999 ; Stage two : population preservation and altruism, Tajikistan typhoid epidemic, September to November 2003 ; Stage three : internalizing, Jefferson County, Colorado, US, Columbine High School shooting, April 20, 1999 ; Stage four : externalizing, Oklahoma City, OK, US bombing, April 19, 1995 ; Stage Five: Renormalization, South Africa traffic accidents, December 23, 1998 and September 22, 1999
  • Our models : applying a public health perspective: Two models, one disaster : New York City terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001 ; Disasters from a public health perspective.