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Emerging voices in natural hazards research

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Emerging voices in natural hazards research/ edited by Fernando I. Rivera.
other author:	Rivera, Fernando I.
Published:	Cambridge, MA :Butterworth-Heinemann, : 2019.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Natural disasters - Research. -
Online resource:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128158210
ISBN:	9780128162651 (electronic bk.)

Emerging voices in natural hazards research
Emerging voices in natural hazards research[electronic resource] /edited by Fernando I. Rivera. - Cambridge, MA :Butterworth-Heinemann,2019. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather / Christopher F. Labosier -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.1.1.Literature review -- 1.2.Methodology -- 1.3.Results -- 1.3.1.Characteristics of sample -- 1.3.2.Awareness and sources of severe weather alerts -- 1.3.3.Perceptions of risk and responsibility -- 1.3.4.Preparedness -- 1.3.5.Behavior around severe weather -- 1.4.Discussion -- 1.4.1.Survey limitations -- 1.4.2.Future research recommendations -- 1.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 2 The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods / Christopher Lammiman -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The social construction of gender and disasters -- 2.3.Gendered vulnerability and impacts -- 2.4.Emergency management: No girls allowed? -- 2.5.Gender in disaster research -- 2.6.The gender landscape in Alberta -- 2.6.1.The Alberta advantage? -- 2.6.2.The flood experience -- 2.7.Project design -- 2.7.1.Sample design and participants -- 2.8.The gender dimensions of the 2013 flood -- 2.8.1.Gendered vulnerability -- 2.8.2.Gendered impacts -- 2.8.3.Gendered response and recovery -- 2.9.Lessons identified -- 2.9.1.Emergency management agencies -- 2.9.2.Social service agencies -- 2.10.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 3 Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda / Yazidhi Bamutaze -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Materials and methods -- 3.2.1.Description of study area -- 3.2.2.Data sources -- 3.2.3.Inventory of previous landslide -- 3.2.4.Terrain parameterization -- 3.2.5.Determining the Stream Power Index and Compound Topographic Index -- 3.2.6.Determining basin morphometric parameters -- 3.2.7.Data analysis -- 3.3.Results and discussion -- 3.3.1.Magnitude and damages from landslides on Mt. Elgon -- 3.3.2.Spatial patterns of landslide occurrence -- 3.3.3.Temporal patterns of landslide hazards -- 3.3.4.Terrain conditions underpinning landslide occurrence -- 3.3.5.Catchment morphometric attributes and landslide patterns -- 3.3.6.Influence of lithology and soil on landslide density -- 3.3.7.Climamorphogenetic effects on landslide causation and patterns -- 3.4.Community vulnerability to landslide hazards in Uganda -- 3.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 4 Disaster recovery among older adults: Exploring the intersection of vulnerability and resilience / Nnenia Campbell -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Guiding concepts and theories -- 4.2.1.Social vulnerability -- 4.2.2.Living arrangements and social connectedness -- 4.2.3.New perspectives -- 4.2.4.Social capital -- 4.3.Methods -- 4.4.Findings -- 4.4.1.Financial pressures and disaster assistance -- 4.4.2.Recovery in suspension -- 4.4.3.Social interaction and displacement -- 4.4.4.Narratives of independence, capacity, and agency in the post-disaster environment -- 4.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 5 Hurricanes, disasters, and food insecurity: The intersection of two social events / B.J. Fletcher -- 5.1.Introduction/background -- 5.2.Literature review -- 5.2.1.Social vulnerability and vulnerability theory -- 5.2.2.Food insecurity and socially vulnerable populations -- 5.3.Proposed framework and hypotheses -- 5.4.Methodology -- 5.4.1.Exploratory case study using the CDC's social vulnerability index -- 5.4.2.The case: Hurricane Sandy -- 5.5.Results and findings -- 5.5.1.SVI: Bergen County -- 5.5.2.SVI: Essex County -- 5.5.3.Other organizational archival data -- 5.5.4.In the news -- 5.6.Discussion -- 5.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 6 Homelessness and inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for community disaster resilience / Jamie Vickery -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Literature review -- 6.2.1.The Pressure and Release model and the concept of marginalization -- 6.2.2.Vulnerability and resilience: Citizenship under neoliberal governance -- 6.2.3.Homeless populations in disaster vulnerability research -- 6.3.Study background: The 2013 floods and Boulder County -- 6.4.Research methods -- 6.4.1.Research questions -- 6.4.2.Ethical considerations and fieldwork reflections -- 6.5.Findings -- 6.5.1.Affordable housing -- 6.5.2.Homeless criminalization -- 6.5.3.Barriers experienced by homeless persons during and after the floods -- 6.6.Discussion: Implications for whole community resilience -- 6.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 7 Hazardous or vulnerable? Prisoners and emergency planning in the U.S / J. Carlee Purdum -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Relationship between corrections and emergency management -- 7.3.Emergency management within corrections institutions -- 7.3.1.Inmate-precipitated events -- 7.3.2.Disasters -- 7.3.3.Evacuation of corrections facilities -- 7.4.Prisoners: A vulnerable population -- 7.4.1.Social vulnerability and incarcerated populations -- 7.4.2.Characteristics of prisoners and vulnerability -- 7.4.3.Prisoners and poverty -- 7.4.4.Nature of imprisonment and vulnerability -- 7.5.Impact of view of prisoners: A hazard on prisoner vulnerability -- 7.5.1.Is it one or the other? Hazardous or vulnerable? -- 7.5.2.Militarized response vs. humanitarian response -- 7.5.3.Deprivation of resources -- 7.6.Data and methods -- 7.6.1.Emergency operations plans -- 7.7.Analysis: Qualitative coding -- 7.8.Results -- 7.8.1.Emergency planning for corrections -- 7.8.2.Source of the emergency -- 7.8.3.Emergency actions: Balancing compassionate response with forceful response -- 7.8.4.Defining prisoners as vulnerable population -- 7.8.5.Additional vulnerability of prisoners -- 7.8.6.Other findings -- 7.9.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 8 The recovery process: The standard used to measure Emergency Management effectiveness in the eyes of the public / Romeo B. Lavarias -- 8.1.Overview -- 8.2.Basis of public expectations in the aftermath of a disaster -- 8.3.Emergency management field development in the context of public administration -- 8.4.Methodology -- 8.5.Results and findings -- 8.6.Lessons learned -- 8.7.Summary -- References -- ch. 9 Institutions of higher education / Jennifer A. Adams -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.1.1.Theoretical framework -- 9.1.2.Statement of the problem, scope, and limitations -- 9.2.Literature review -- 9.2.1.Emergency management -- 9.2.2.Emergency Management Higher Education grant background -- 9.2.3.Surveys on emergency management and Institutions of Higher Education -- 9.2.4.Resilience -- historical context -- 9.2.5.Resilience -- current perspectives -- 9.3.Methodology -- 9.3.1.Research design -- 9.3.2.Instrument development and data gathering procedures -- 9.3.3.Participants -- 9.4.Analysis and discussion -- 9.4.1.Participant demographics -- 9.4.2.EMHE grant and perceived level of resilience at IHE -- 9.4.3.Correlations between perceived level of resilience and demographics? -- 9.5.Conclusions and recommendations -- 9.5.1.Summary -- 9.5.2.Conclusions -- 9.5.3.Recommendations -- References -- ch. 10 Institutionalizing nonprofit influences post-disaster / Nicole S. Hutton -- 10.1.Nonprofit engagement with marginalized populations -- 10.2.Recent international experiences of centralizat

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today.Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producingCovers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters fieldIncludes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries

ISBN: 9780128162651 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1102921
Natural disasters
--Research.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GB5005 / .E54 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 551

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505 0 $a Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather / Christopher F. Labosier -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.1.1.Literature review -- 1.2.Methodology -- 1.3.Results -- 1.3.1.Characteristics of sample -- 1.3.2.Awareness and sources of severe weather alerts -- 1.3.3.Perceptions of risk and responsibility -- 1.3.4.Preparedness -- 1.3.5.Behavior around severe weather -- 1.4.Discussion -- 1.4.1.Survey limitations -- 1.4.2.Future research recommendations -- 1.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 2 The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods / Christopher Lammiman -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The social construction of gender and disasters -- 2.3.Gendered vulnerability and impacts -- 2.4.Emergency management: No girls allowed? -- 2.5.Gender in disaster research -- 2.6.The gender landscape in Alberta -- 2.6.1.The Alberta advantage? -- 2.6.2.The flood experience -- 2.7.Project design -- 2.7.1.Sample design and participants -- 2.8.The gender dimensions of the 2013 flood -- 2.8.1.Gendered vulnerability -- 2.8.2.Gendered impacts -- 2.8.3.Gendered response and recovery -- 2.9.Lessons identified -- 2.9.1.Emergency management agencies -- 2.9.2.Social service agencies -- 2.10.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 3 Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda / Yazidhi Bamutaze -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Materials and methods -- 3.2.1.Description of study area -- 3.2.2.Data sources -- 3.2.3.Inventory of previous landslide -- 3.2.4.Terrain parameterization -- 3.2.5.Determining the Stream Power Index and Compound Topographic Index -- 3.2.6.Determining basin morphometric parameters -- 3.2.7.Data analysis -- 3.3.Results and discussion -- 3.3.1.Magnitude and damages from landslides on Mt. Elgon -- 3.3.2.Spatial patterns of landslide occurrence -- 3.3.3.Temporal patterns of landslide hazards -- 3.3.4.Terrain conditions underpinning landslide occurrence -- 3.3.5.Catchment morphometric attributes and landslide patterns -- 3.3.6.Influence of lithology and soil on landslide density -- 3.3.7.Climamorphogenetic effects on landslide causation and patterns -- 3.4.Community vulnerability to landslide hazards in Uganda -- 3.5.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 4 Disaster recovery among older adults: Exploring the intersection of vulnerability and resilience / Nnenia Campbell -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Guiding concepts and theories -- 4.2.1.Social vulnerability -- 4.2.2.Living arrangements and social connectedness -- 4.2.3.New perspectives -- 4.2.4.Social capital -- 4.3.Methods -- 4.4.Findings -- 4.4.1.Financial pressures and disaster assistance -- 4.4.2.Recovery in suspension -- 4.4.3.Social interaction and displacement -- 4.4.4.Narratives of independence, capacity, and agency in the post-disaster environment -- 4.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 5 Hurricanes, disasters, and food insecurity: The intersection of two social events / B.J. Fletcher -- 5.1.Introduction/background -- 5.2.Literature review -- 5.2.1.Social vulnerability and vulnerability theory -- 5.2.2.Food insecurity and socially vulnerable populations -- 5.3.Proposed framework and hypotheses -- 5.4.Methodology -- 5.4.1.Exploratory case study using the CDC's social vulnerability index -- 5.4.2.The case: Hurricane Sandy -- 5.5.Results and findings -- 5.5.1.SVI: Bergen County -- 5.5.2.SVI: Essex County -- 5.5.3.Other organizational archival data -- 5.5.4.In the news -- 5.6.Discussion -- 5.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 6 Homelessness and inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for community disaster resilience / Jamie Vickery -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Literature review -- 6.2.1.The Pressure and Release model and the concept of marginalization -- 6.2.2.Vulnerability and resilience: Citizenship under neoliberal governance -- 6.2.3.Homeless populations in disaster vulnerability research -- 6.3.Study background: The 2013 floods and Boulder County -- 6.4.Research methods -- 6.4.1.Research questions -- 6.4.2.Ethical considerations and fieldwork reflections -- 6.5.Findings -- 6.5.1.Affordable housing -- 6.5.2.Homeless criminalization -- 6.5.3.Barriers experienced by homeless persons during and after the floods -- 6.6.Discussion: Implications for whole community resilience -- 6.7.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 7 Hazardous or vulnerable? Prisoners and emergency planning in the U.S / J. Carlee Purdum -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Relationship between corrections and emergency management -- 7.3.Emergency management within corrections institutions -- 7.3.1.Inmate-precipitated events -- 7.3.2.Disasters -- 7.3.3.Evacuation of corrections facilities -- 7.4.Prisoners: A vulnerable population -- 7.4.1.Social vulnerability and incarcerated populations -- 7.4.2.Characteristics of prisoners and vulnerability -- 7.4.3.Prisoners and poverty -- 7.4.4.Nature of imprisonment and vulnerability -- 7.5.Impact of view of prisoners: A hazard on prisoner vulnerability -- 7.5.1.Is it one or the other? Hazardous or vulnerable? -- 7.5.2.Militarized response vs. humanitarian response -- 7.5.3.Deprivation of resources -- 7.6.Data and methods -- 7.6.1.Emergency operations plans -- 7.7.Analysis: Qualitative coding -- 7.8.Results -- 7.8.1.Emergency planning for corrections -- 7.8.2.Source of the emergency -- 7.8.3.Emergency actions: Balancing compassionate response with forceful response -- 7.8.4.Defining prisoners as vulnerable population -- 7.8.5.Additional vulnerability of prisoners -- 7.8.6.Other findings -- 7.9.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 8 The recovery process: The standard used to measure Emergency Management effectiveness in the eyes of the public / Romeo B. Lavarias -- 8.1.Overview -- 8.2.Basis of public expectations in the aftermath of a disaster -- 8.3.Emergency management field development in the context of public administration -- 8.4.Methodology -- 8.5.Results and findings -- 8.6.Lessons learned -- 8.7.Summary -- References -- ch. 9 Institutions of higher education / Jennifer A. Adams -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.1.1.Theoretical framework -- 9.1.2.Statement of the problem, scope, and limitations -- 9.2.Literature review -- 9.2.1.Emergency management -- 9.2.2.Emergency Management Higher Education grant background -- 9.2.3.Surveys on emergency management and Institutions of Higher Education -- 9.2.4.Resilience -- historical context -- 9.2.5.Resilience -- current perspectives -- 9.3.Methodology -- 9.3.1.Research design -- 9.3.2.Instrument development and data gathering procedures -- 9.3.3.Participants -- 9.4.Analysis and discussion -- 9.4.1.Participant demographics -- 9.4.2.EMHE grant and perceived level of resilience at IHE -- 9.4.3.Correlations between perceived level of resilience and demographics? -- 9.5.Conclusions and recommendations -- 9.5.1.Summary -- 9.5.2.Conclusions -- 9.5.3.Recommendations -- References -- ch. 10 Institutionalizing nonprofit influences post-disaster / Nicole S. Hutton -- 10.1.Nonprofit engagement with marginalized populations -- 10.2.Recent international experiences of centralizat
505 0 $a Virgin Islands / Thomas Weidemeyer -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Background -- 12.2.1.Disaster resilience and adaptive co-management -- 12.2.2.Self-organization in territories: An oxymoron? -- 12.2.3.Power-sharing -- 12.3.Exploratory research design -- 12.3.1.News article selection and coding -- 12.3.2.Context: The 2017 hurricane season -- 12.4.Case examples and discussion -- 12.4.1.Puerto Rico -- 12.4.2.U.S. Virgin Islands -- 12.5.Limitations -- 12.6.Recommendations and concluding remarks -- References -- ch. 13 People with disabilities: Becoming agents of change in Disaster Risk Reduction / Karlee Johnson -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.The process of becoming Deaf DiDRR researchers and practitioners -- 13.2.1.The sociocultural construction of deafness and risk -- 13.2.2.Becoming agents of change in the disaster space -- 13.3.Challenges in working in DiDRR in the Philippines -- 13.4.Making DiDRR a reality in South East Asia -- 13.4.1.Operationalizing DiDRR in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand -- 13.4.2.Advancing DiDRR for the benefit of all -- 13.5.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 14 Young, mobile, but alone in the cold and dark: Experiences of young urban in-migrants during extreme weather events in the UK / Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Research design and methodology -- 14.2.1.Data collection -- 14.2.2.Data analysis -- 14.3.Findings and discussion -- 14.3.1.Responses to power outages during extreme weather events amongst young in-migrants, young people local to the area and older in-migrants
505 0 $a Note continued: 14.3.2.To what extent do emergency support services meet the needs of the different groups of residents? -- 14.3.3.Identifying the drivers of vulnerability amongst young adult urban in-migrants -- 14.4.Conclusion and implications of findings -- Appendix 14.A Interview questions -- pt. 1 Responding to extreme weather -- pt. 2 Personal details and living circumstances -- Acknowledgments -- References -- ch. 15 Social vulnerability and individual wellbeing: An empirical analysis of first responders in South Korea / Simon A. Andrew -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Social vulnerability and disasters -- 15.3.First responders, vulnerability, and psychological stress -- 15.3.1.First responders'vulnerability -- 15.3.2.First responders' psychological stress -- 15.3.3.Media coverage and stress -- 15.3.4.Gender and stress -- 15.3.5.Age and stress -- 15.3.6.Other factors: Work experience, self-efficacy, job ranks, and stress -- 15.4.Research design -- 15.4.1.Research site -- 15.4.2.Data -- 15.5.Results and discussion -- 15.6.Conclusion -- References -- ch. 16 How do the perceptions of natural hazards influence migration decisions among ethnic minority farmers? Insights from coastal Bangladesh / Felix Ampadu -- 16.1.Background -- 16.2.Theoretical framework -- 16.2.1.Social vulnerability to climate change: Understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change -- 16.2.2.Migration as adaptation -- 16.3.Study area & study population -- 16.3.1.Coastal Bangladesh -- 16.3.2.Kalapara -- 16.3.3.Study population -- 16.4.Methods -- 16.5.Findings -- 16.5.1.Sociodemographics -- 16.5.2.Perception of climate change in the past 10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.5.3.Perception of climate change in the next10 years and decision to migrate -- 16.6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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