Disasters: A Sociological Approach

by Kathleen Tierney

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across populations. Every disaster has social dimensions at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and global, national, and local processes that produce disasters.

Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards as a form of environmental injustice,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509563075
• ISBN13: 9781509563074
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.7"