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Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions
Facing Hazards and Disasters Understanding Human Dimensions
Author: Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities, National Research Council
Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disas...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780309101783
ISBN-10: 0309101786
Publication Date: 8/21/2006
Pages: 408
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Publisher: National Academies Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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