Living Conditions, Disasters, and Development: An Approach to Cross-Cultural Comparisons

by Walter Gilllis Peacock, Frederick L. Bates, Walter Gillis Peacock

Book Overview

Because most environmental problems result from human intervention in the ecosystem, ecological research in the social sciences is now joining research in the biological and physical sciences as a means of addressing long-range problems. Within this type of social science research, this book claims, no problem is more important than the investigation of disaster. To assess the impact of sudden cataclysms on the living conditions of families or communities, scientists need a set of pretested, standardised measures that can be used cross-culturally. Once a disaster strikes, investigators are often faced with insufficient tools for assessing its impact and for evaluating whether aid programmes have enabled households to recover or improve their conditions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820314846
• ISBN13: 9780820314846
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 159 Pages