Response to disaster : fact versus fiction & its perpetuation : the sociology of disaster /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fischer, Henry W.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1998.
Description:	xx, 219 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Disasters -- Social aspects. Disasters -- Psychological aspects. Disaster relief. Disasters -- Press coverage. Disaster relief. Disasters -- Press coverage. Disasters -- Psychological aspects. Disasters -- Social aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3452196

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ISBN:	0761811826 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0761811834 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1. What is a Disaster?
Ch. 2. Behavioral Response to Disaster
Case Study: Why Do Some Evacuate, While Others Do Not? The Ephrata, Pennsylvania Evacuation
Ch. 3. Why We Believe the Disaster Mythology
Case Study: Disastrous Fantasizing in the Print Media: How Disasters Have Been Portrayed in Newsmagazine Reporting Over a 40 Year Period
Case Study: Hurricane Gilbert as the Media's Creation of the 'Storm of the Century' During September 1988
Ch. 4. Organizational Response to Disaster
Case Study: What the Professionals Believe & The Role of Experience
Case Study: Media's Impact on EOC Response
Case Study: Experience & Mitigation Planning
Case Study: Earthquake Hazard Risk Reduction & Seismic Vulnerability
Ch. 5. Future Research Needs.

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