Rebuilding Lives Post- Disaster
Contributor(s): Drolet, Julie.
Publisher: New York Oxford University Press 2019Description: 250p.ISBN: 9780190942199.Subject(s): Sustainable development -- Community development -- Disaster relief -- Disaster victimsDDC classification: 363.34 Summary: Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery. Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster brings together an international team of social work researchers who have investigated the experiences, perspectives, challenges, and complexities in disaster recovery. It features country case studies drawing from field research undertaken in disaster-affected communities in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and China. In so doing, the volume provides a comprehensive perspective on the realities of disaster recovery and explores key concepts such as resilience, community-based disaster risk reduction, and social and gendered construction of vulnerability and capabilities. Undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in the fields of social work, community development, international social work, emergency management, and related fields will find the text to be a helpful resource.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 363.34 HUM; Human security and natural disasters | 363.34 NA; Natural disasters and adaptation to climate change | 363.34 POL- Political economy of hazards and disasters | 363.34 REB- Rebuilding Lives Post- Disaster | 363.34072 HAN- Handbook of disaster research | 363.3409 PEN-N Natural disasters in a global environment | 363.340954 IND; India disasters report II: redefining disasters |
Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery. Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster brings together an international team of social work researchers who have investigated the experiences, perspectives, challenges, and complexities in disaster recovery. It features country case studies drawing from field research undertaken in disaster-affected communities in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and China. In so doing, the volume provides a comprehensive perspective on the realities of disaster recovery and explores key concepts such as resilience, community-based disaster risk reduction, and social and gendered construction of vulnerability and capabilities. Undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in the fields of social work, community development, international social work, emergency management, and related fields will find the text to be a helpful resource.
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