Disasters: A Sociological Approach

by Kathleen Tierney

Book Overview

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

Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards such as hurricanes and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745671020
• ISBN13: 9780745671024
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"