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020			_a9781509563081
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082			_a363.341 _bTIE-D
100	1		_aTierney, Kathleen _911445
245	1	0	_aDisasters : _ba sociological approach / _cKathleen Tierney
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCambridge : _bPolity Press, _c2025
300			_a xiv, 319 p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aDisasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across nations and populations. Every disaster has social forces at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and the global, national, and local processes that produce environmental degradation and disaster. Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards as a form of environmental injustice, and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert in the field, the book provides the necessary frameworks for understanding hazards and disasters, as it explores the contributions of various social science disciplines to disaster research and how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing the social aspects of disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenge of conducting research in the aftermath of a disaster and critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to disaster risk reduction.
546			_aEng
650			_aDisasters-research _911446
650			_aDisasters-social aspects _911447
942			_cBK
999			_c140675 _d140675