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THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: I MPROVING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Kathleen Tierney Department of Sociology Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado at Boulder. SOCIOLOGY AND DISASTERS: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS.
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THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: IMPROVING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Kathleen Tierney Department of Sociology Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado at Boulder
SOCIOLOGY AND DISASTERS: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS • Social Factors and Disaster Vulnerability • Disaster-Related Collective Behavior • Social Networks and Resilience • Risk Communication and Disaster Warnings
SOCIAL FACTORS AND DISASTER VULNERABILITY • Who Prepares? • Who Suffers Disproportionate Losses? • Who is More Able to Recover?
VULNERABILITY RELATED TO… • Income and Educational Levels • Minority Group Status, Language Barriers, Citizenship Status • “Social Capital” and Access to Resources
DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR • Spontaneous Volunteers, Formation of Emergent Groups • Massive Altruism, Donations
DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR • Adaptive, Pro-Social Responses—Not Maladaptive, Panicky Behavior
COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION: RESTORING THE NEW YORK CITY EOC AFTER SEPT. 11
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DISASTER RESILIENCE • Emergent Multi-organizational Networks and Disaster Response • Networks versus Hierarchies
Communicating Risk and Warning the Public • Social Factors in Risk Communication and Warning Processes • Warnings and Warning System Design: How to Encourage Self-Protective Behavior
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