Full Description
Disaster vulnerability is rapidly increasing on a global scale, particularly for those populations which are the historical clients of the social work profession. These populations include the very young and very old, the poor, ethnic and racial minorities, and those with physical or mental disabilities. Social workers are increasingly providing services in disasters during response and recovery periods, and are using community interventions to reduce disaster vulnerability. There is a need for a cogent theory of vulnerability and research that addresses improved community disaster practice and community resilience. Community Disaster Vulnerability and Resilience provides a unifying theoretical framework backed by research which can be translated into knowledge for effective practice in disasters.
Contents
Disasters and the Promise of Disaster Vulnerability Theory.- Vulnerability Theory.- The Development Perspective on Vulnerability.- Resilience Complements Vulnerability.- Cross-Sectional Design and Linear Statistics in Vulnerability Research.- Linear Accounts of Vulnerability.- Vulnerability Described Geographically.- Vulnerability Described through Networks.- Vulnerability Explored and Explained Dynamically.-Enhancing the Future of Vulnerability Theory.
