{"product_id":"9783319375069","title":"Humanitarian Solutions in the 21st Century: Exploring Three Italian Earthquakes as Models for Disaster Resilience Planning","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHumanitarian Solutions in the 21st Century: Exploring Three Italian Earthquakes as Models for Disaster Resilience Planning\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLucini, Barbara\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatural disasters traumatize individuals, disrupt families, and destabilize communities.Surviving these harrowing events calls for courage, tenacity, and resilience. Professional planning requires specific types of knowledge of how people meet and cope with extreme challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e examines three major earthquakes occurring in Italy over a fourteen - year period for a well-documented analysis of populations' responses to and recovery from disaster, the social variables involved, and the participation of public agencies. This timely volume reviews sociological definitions and models of disaster, identifying core features of vulnerability and multiple levels of individual and social resilience. The analysis contrasts the structural and supportive roles of Italy's civil protection and civil defense services in emergency planning and management as examples of what the author terms \u003ci\u003eprofessional\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eresilience\u003c\/i\u003e. And testimony from earthquake survivors and volunteers gives voice to the social processes characteristic of disaster. Among the areas covered:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial context for concepts of disaster, vulnerability, risk, and resilience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypes of resilience: a multidimensional analysis, focused on a physical, ecological, and ecosystem perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFindings from three earthquakes: loss, hope, and community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo systems of organizational response to emergencies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToward a relational approach to disaster resilience planning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlus helpful tables, methodological notes, and appendices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor researchers in disaster preparedness, psychology, and sociology, \u003ci\u003eDisaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e raises--and addresses--salient questions about people and communities in crisis, and how studying them can improve preparedness in an uncertain future. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-09-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319375069\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-04738-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 251\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47407043281036,"sku":"9783319375069","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319375069.jpg?v=1775827283","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319375069","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}