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Defining disaster : disciplines and domains / edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier (Lecturer in Global Law and Disasters, School of Law, University of Reading, UK) and Rasmus Dahlberg (Associate Professor, Institute for Strategy and War Studies, Royal Danish Defence College, Denmark).
Aronsson-Storrier, Marie editor.; Dahlberg, Rasmus editor.; Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
2022
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Defining disaster : disciplines and domains / edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier (Lecturer in Global Law and Disasters, School of Law, University of Reading, UK) and Rasmus Dahlberg (Associate Professor, Institute for Strategy and War Studies, Royal Danish Defence College, Denmark).
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Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
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9781839100307 (e-book)
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"This timely book unpacks the idea of 'disaster' from a variety of approaches, broadening understanding and improving the usability of this complex and often contested concept. Including multidisciplinary perspectives from leading and emerging scholars, it offers reflections on how the concept of disaster has been shaped by and within various fields of research, providing complementary and thought-provoking comparisons across many domains. Functioning as an important point of reference between and across disciplines, chapters explore the forces and building blocks of disaster and how these are interpreted, providing opportunities for dialogue between multiple points of view. The book concludes with a broader, integrated discussion of the aspects of disaster research covered, putting forward suggestions for further cooperation between disciplines and a future research agenda. Defining Disaster will be a fascinating read for disaster researchers in disciplines including law, sociology, and social and public policy who wish to improve their understanding of how their work maps onto the wider field. It will also be beneficial for policy makers and practitioners in this area looking for a rounded view of contemporary cross-disciplinary research on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents: Preface
1. On disaster: Disciplines, domains and definitions / Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Rasmus Dahlberg
2. Prologue: The sociology of disaster - a us perspective on the transformational conceptualization embedded in a discipline / Tricia Wachtendorf
Part I: Disciplines
3. Disaster anthropology: Vulnerability, process and meaning / Kristoffer Albris
4. Keep the curtains drawn! Event, process and disaster in international law / Marie Aronsson-Storrier
5. Positioning social work in relation to disasters: A social notion running along a continuum / Carin Björngren Cuadra
6. Defining the role of public health in disasters and emergency management / Kevin Blanchard
7. Disaster in engineering and earthquake science / Sólveig Thorvaldsdóttir
8. Defining disaster in volcanology / Jazmin P. Scarlett, Ailsa Naismith and Ashleigh Rushton
Part II: Domains
9. Whose views matter? Navigating insiders' and outsiders' understanding of disasters / Loïc Le Dé and J.C. Gaillard
10. Drought, famine and disasters / Olivier Rubin
11. Defining disasters through international space governance / Nathan Clark
12. Disaster definitions from an arctic perspective / Natalia Andreassen and Rebecca Pincus
13. Disaster movies: Definitions, filmography and three analyses / Rasmus Dahlberg and Uta Reichardt
14. Systemic disasters: Considering the whole and not constituent parts / Livhuwani Nemakonde
15. Epilogue: What are disasters not? / Ilan Kelman
Index.

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