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| 1 | Conceptualizing Disasters and Their Impacts | 1 |
| The Hazard Cycle and Disasters | 4 | |
| Classic Approaches to Defining and Studying Disasters | 8 | |
| The Natural Hazards Perspective | 11 | |
| Conceptual Debates in the Study of Disasters | 12 | |
| Emerging Theoretical Perspectives | 16 | |
| Linking Hazards and Disaster Research | 22 | |
| Organization of This Book | 24 | |
| 2 | Getting Ready: Research on Disaster Preparedness | 27 |
| Household Preparedness | 29 | |
| Organizational Preparedness | 46 | |
| Interorganizational and Community Disaster Preparedness | 58 | |
| Preparedness at the State and National Levels | 63 | |
| Research Issues and Unanswered Questions | 69 | |
| 3 | Moving Into Action: Individual and Group Behavior in Disasters | 81 |
| Household Emergency Response | 83 | |
| Emergency Shelter and Housing | 100 | |
| Other Individual and Group Behavior During and Immediately Following Disaster Impact | 106 | |
| Issues for Future Research | 118 | |
| 4 | Meeting the Challenge: Organizational and Governmental Response in Disasters | 121 |
| Response Activities of Emergency Management and Other Crisis-Relevant Organizations | 123 | |
| Private-Sector Organizations in Disasters | 131 | |
| Interorganizational and Community Response | 143 | |
| Supra-Local and National Response | 153 | |
| Issues for Future Research | 155 | |
| 5 | Factors Influencing Disaster Preparedness and Response | 157 |
| Factors Associated with the Extent and Quality of Preparedness and Response Activities | 157 | |
| Sociocultural and Sociodemographic Factors | 167 | |
| Disaster Agent Characteristics | 188 | |
| Concluding Observations | 197 | |
| 6 | The Wider Context: Societal Factors Influencing Emergency Management Policy and Practice | 199 |
| The Intergovernmental and Policy Context | 200 | |
| Cultural Influences on Hazard- and Disaster-Related Behavior | 212 | |
| Economic Factors | 220 | |
| Technological Change | 224 | |
| Professionalization and Knowledge Transfer | 233 | |
| Concluding Observations | 240 | |
| 7 | Where Do We Go From Here? Improving What We Know About Disasters While Coping with Them More Effectively | 243 |
| Disaster Research and Social Theory | 247 | |
| Preparedness and Response in Context: Seeing the Larger Picture | 250 | |
| Preparedness, Response, and Sustainability | 254 | |
| References | 261 | |
| Index | 291 |
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