Vulnerable Populations And Disaster
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Vulnerable Populations And Disaster
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Author : Amado Alejandro Baez
language : en
Publisher: Apple Academic Press
Release Date : 2016-09-15
Vulnerable Populations And Disaster written by Amado Alejandro Baez and has been published by Apple Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-15 with categories.
This new volume provides a nuanced look at vulnerable populations before, during, and after disasters. Vulnerable populations include the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, the uninsured, low-income children, the elderly, the homeless, children and young people, and those with other chronic health conditions, including severe mental illness. The chapters will be helpful to those working with these populations as well as for disaster preparedness professionals. The chapters in this book included are broken into five sections, which describe the following topics: Part I of this book delves into the ways policymakers and researchers define vulnerable populations. Part II looks at emergency risk reduction among vulnerable populations, from children to the elderly. Part III explores disaster preparedness strategies for vulnerable people. Part IV discusses the management of disaster responses and communication with the public. Part V consists of assessments of and suggestions for disaster responders helping vulnerable populations. Topics include: * establishing and maintaining a database of vulnerable people * links between financial capacity and preparedness * how to build up and maintain a disaster-resilient nation * how children with disabilities are affected by disasters * developing strategies to redress inequality in disaster risk * addressing special needs students at schools in times of emergency * how the past experiences of older people influence their preparedness for disasters * tools and strategies vital to helping older people with chronic diseases Disaster professionals in countries from around the world share their research and studies on working with vulnerable populations of such disasters as floods, political violence, humanitarian emergencies, the H1N1 pandemic, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and more.
Disasters And Vulnerable Populations
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Author : Lisa R. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Release Date : 2014-08-26
Disasters And Vulnerable Populations written by Lisa R. Baker and has been published by Springer Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with Medical categories.
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Social Vulnerability To Disasters Second Edition
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Author : Deborah S.K. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2013-05-09
Social Vulnerability To Disasters Second Edition written by Deborah S.K. Thomas and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-09 with Political Science categories.
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and communities. These events bring social vulnerability to the forefront in considering how disasters unfold, clearly revealing that disasters are not created from the physical event alone. Equally important, people—even those considered vulnerable—respond in innovative and resilient ways that unveil the strength of human ingenuity and spirit. It is not a foregone conclusion that a hazard event, even a large one, will result in catastrophic loss. This updated second edition of Social Vulnerability to Disasters focuses on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies unfurl. By carefully examining and documenting social vulnerabilities throughout the disaster management cycle, the book remains essential to emergency management professionals, the independent volunteer sector, homeland security, and related social science fields, including public policy, sociology, geography, political science, urban and regional planning, and public health. The new edition is fully updated, more international in scope, and incorporates significant recent disaster events. It also includes new case studies to illustrate important concepts. By understanding the nuances of social vulnerability and how these vulnerabilities compound one another, we can take steps to reduce the danger to at-risk populations and strengthen community resilience overall. Features and Highlights from the Second Edition: Contains contributions from leading scholars, professionals, and academics, who draw on their areas of expertise to examine vulnerable populations Incorporates disaster case studies to illustrate concepts, relevant and seminal literature, and the most recent data available In addition to highlighting the U.S. context, integrates a global approach and includes numerous international case studies Highlights recent policy changes and current disaster management approaches Infuses the concept of community resilience and building capacity throughout the text Includes new chapters that incorporate additional perspectives on social vulnerability Instructor’s guide, PowerPoint® slides, and test bank available with qualifying course adoption
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities With Vulnerable Populations After The Cameras Have Gone
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Author : Adenrele Awotona
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-15
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities With Vulnerable Populations After The Cameras Have Gone written by Adenrele Awotona and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Social Science categories.
This volume focuses on the status of the elderly and the disabled after disasters globally as well as the challenges of post-earthquake rebuilding in Haiti. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has estimated that between 1987 and 2007, about 26 million older people were affected each year by natural disasters alone and that this figure could more than double by 2050 due to the rapidly changing demographics of ageing. People with disabilities (physical, medical, sensory or cognitive) are equally at risk of utter neglect during and after disasters. The Australian Agency for International Development estimates that 650 million people across the world have a disability and about 80 per cent of them live in developing countries. Similarly, before the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti was a “country with tremendous development needs and numerous impediments to development,” according to Congresswoman Maxine Waters when introducing a Resolution in the US House of Representatives to cancel Haiti’s debts in March 2007. These impediments included an overwhelming burden of international debt; lack of personal and community assets; and, very little or no internal and external capacities, all of which have been exacerbated by the aftermath of the earthquake. It was against this background that the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters at the University of Massachusetts Boston organized two international Conferences in 2010 – in April, on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Haiti in the wake of the January Earthquake; and, in July, on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities with the Elderly and Disabled People after Disasters. This edited book consists of selected papers that were presented at these academic events. The topics include Disaster Experiences of the Elderly and the Disabled in Nigeria; The Vulnerability of Elderly People in the Aftermath of Earthquakes in Iran; Methods for Assessing and Developing Understanding of Resiliency in Communities; The Tuareg’s traditional Shelter for Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction in Libya; and, People with Disabilities in Haiti Before and After the 2010 Earthquake.
At Risk
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Author : Piers Blaikie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-21
At Risk written by Piers Blaikie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with Science categories.
The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
Why Vulnerability Still Matters
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Author : Greg Bankoff
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-04-27
Why Vulnerability Still Matters written by Greg Bankoff and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-27 with Science categories.
We think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapters and case studies written by eminent disaster studies scholars that deal with the politics of disaster risk creation: precarity, conflict, and climate change. The chapters highlight different aspects of vulnerability and disaster risk creation, placing the stress rightly on what causes disasters and explaining the politics of how they are created through a combination of human interference with natural processes, the social production of vulnerability, and the neglect of response capacities. Importantly, too, the book provides a platform for many of those most prominently involved in launching disaster studies as a social discipline to reflect on developments over the past 50 years and to comment on current trends. The interdisciplinary and historical perspective that this book provides will appeal to scholars and practitioners at both the national and international level seeking to study, develop, and support effective social protection strategies to prevent or mitigate the effects of hazards on vulnerable populations. It will also prove an invaluable reference work for students and all those interested in the future safety of the world we live in.
Medical Surge Capacity
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2010-03-18
Medical Surge Capacity written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-18 with Medical categories.
During natural disasters, disease pandemics, terrorist attacks, and other public health emergencies, the health system must be prepared to accommodate a surge in the number of individuals seeking medical help. For the health community, a primary concern is how to provide care to individuals during such high demand, when the health system's resources are exhausted and there are more patients than the system can accommodate. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop June 10-11, 2009, to assess the capability of and tools available to federal, state, and local governments to respond to a medical surge. In addition, participants discussed strategies for the public and private sectors to improve preparedness for such a surge. The workshop brought together leaders in the medical and public health preparedness fields, including policy makers from federal agencies and state and local public health departments; providers from the health care community; and health care and hospital administrators. This document summarizes the workshop.
Hazard Mitigation Training For Vulnerable Communities
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Author : Joy Semien
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-05-18
Hazard Mitigation Training For Vulnerable Communities written by Joy Semien and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-18 with Architecture categories.
This book is designed to educate vulnerable communities, emergency practitioners, and disaster researchers to increase the social and physical capacity of communities to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts. With climate change escalating the intensity and range of disasters, we have entered an unprecedented time. The tools in this book allow researchers, practitioners, and community leaders to adopt new training techniques that are more engaging and effective, using a bottom-up framework to integrate knowledge, attitude, preparedness, and skills (K.A.P.S). This book is uniquely designed to support instructors, researchers, practitioners, and community leaders in their effort to promote preparedness across marginalized communities. The book contains a full range of templates, worksheets, survey questions, background information, and guidance for carrying out training; the material has been field-validated to meet research standards. The K.A.P.S. Framework outlined throughout the book is designed to serve as an adaptable model that national and international audiences can utilize to better prepare their communities for disasters due to hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes. As climate change continues to ravage communities, the K.A.P.S. training program will prove to be an important tool for community trainers and academics across a range of hazards and disasters.
Disaster Risk And Vulnerability
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Author : C. Emdad Haque
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2012-04-11
Disaster Risk And Vulnerability written by C. Emdad Haque and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-11 with Science categories.
From the Asian tsunami of 2004 to hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, our century has been fraught with catastrophic natural disasters. Disaster Risk and Vulnerability assesses the human toll and economic losses of natural disasters and reasserts the importance of human collaboration and organization in disaster management. In most cases, policy makers, planners, managers, and regulators who implement disaster risk reduction response planning and management strategies remain detached from local conditions, failing to address them effectively. Presenting case studies from Asia and North America, as well as a broad range of approaches to community mobilization and partnership development, contributors show that local communities, all levels of government, and non-governmental organizations must work collectively in order to reduce the harm caused by disasters. Despite unprecedented progress in science and technology and governments' continued efforts in disaster risk reduction, socioeconomic losses due to environmental disasters continue to rise. Disaster Risk and Vulnerability provides knowledge and information that will benefit anyone working in the fields of environment, disasters, and community mobilization in an effort to reverse this trend.
Disaster Vulnerability Hazards And Resilience
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Author : Fernando I. Rivera
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-05-12
Disaster Vulnerability Hazards And Resilience written by Fernando I. Rivera and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with Nature categories.
This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors present a comprehensive review of the current debates surrounding the study of resilience, from federal frameworks, state plans and local initiatives. They also review evaluation tools and feature first-hand accounts of county emergency managers as well as non-profit and community groups on key issues, including perspectives on vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children and farm workers. Readers will find insightful answers to such questions as: How can the concept of resilience be used as a framework to investigate the conditions that lead to stronger, more sustainable communities? What factors account for the variation across jurisdictions and geographic units in the ability to respond to and recover from a disaster? How does the recovery process impact the social, political and economic institutions of the stricken communities? How do communities, especially rural ones, collaborate with multiple stakeholders (local, regional, state, national) during the transition from recovery to resilience? Can the collaborative nature of disaster recovery help build resilient communities?. The primary audiences of this book are scholars in emergency and crisis management, planning and policy, disaster response and recovery, disaster sociology and environmental management and policy. This book can also be used as a textbook in graduate and advanced undergraduate programs / courses on disaster management, disaster studies, emergency and crisis management, environmental policy and management and public policy and administration.