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Crisis As an Opportunity
Organizational and Community Responses to Disasters
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2011
Summary
Natural and human-made disasters appear to be increasing in frequency and scope, commanding extensive media attention. Growing sensitivity to issues of preparedness and community response has created a greater interest among academics and practitioners.
The Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, mudslides in Brazil, earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Japan, Turkey, China, and other countries have garnered worldwide notice. Human-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center or in Oklahoma City, Spain, England, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan, and various other countries, or attacks on schoolchildren in places such as Columbine and various communities in China, send shockwaves throughout societies.
This book addresses the development of long-term interventions following disasters, emphasizing disadvantaged communities. Attention is given to the role of change agents, such as local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and psychosocial professionals, to ensure that the window of opportunity is realized, generating immediate help and sustained community development.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5621-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5622-1
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
205
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CONTENTS No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Part One: Analytic Frameworks and Perspectives No access
Chapter One Community and Organizational Responses to Disasters No access
Chapter Two Interventions in Disasters: An International Perspective No access
Chapter Three Challenges for Community Development in Disaster Situations No access
Chapter Four Program Logic Modeling as a Tool for Developing a Disaster Response and Mitigation Plan: The Somaliland Experience No access
Chapter Five Planning for the Unimaginable: Having Your Personal, Family, Organizational, and Community Plan No access
Chapter Six Taking the Disabled into Account in Preparing for And Responding to Disasters No access
Chapter Seven Neighbors Helping Neighbors: The Disability Community and Emergency Preparedness No access
Chapter Eight Mud and Mold: Making Meaning of Adversity in New Orleans No access
Chapter Nine Words of Wisdom Following the Tsunami: Lessons from Sri Lanka No access
Chapter Ten Making the Voices of Victims Heard No access
Chapter Eleven The Human Hand Behind Natural Disasters: The Ugandan Experience No access
Chapter Twelve Cultural Sensitivity in Psychosocial Interventions Following a Disaster: A Tri-national Collaboration in Sri Lanka No access
Chapter Thirteen Psychological Outcomes of the 2001 World Trade Center Attack No access
Chapter Fourteen Social Work Students During Wartime: False Effect of Professional Self-efficacy? No access
Chapter Fifteen Shared Traumatic Reality: Social Work Students and Clients in an Area Under Attack No access
Chapter Sixteen From Helping to Changing No access
