What is a disaster?: perspectives on the question/ (Record no. 153336)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415178983 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.34 |
| Item number | QUA/W |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What is a disaster?: perspectives on the question/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by E.L. Quarantelli |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 312 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: the basic question, its importance, and how it is addressed in this volume / E.L. Quarantelli --<br/>Studying disaster: changes in the main conceptual tools / Claude Gilbert --<br/>Again and again: is a disaster what we call a "disaster"? / Wolf R. Dombrowsky --<br/>Disaster as a systemic event and social catalyst / Gary A. Kreps --<br/>Issues in the definition and delineation of disasters and disaster areas / Boris N. Porfiriev --<br/>Excluded perspectives in the social construction of disaster / Kenneth Hewitt --<br/>Reply to Hewitt / Claude Gilbert --<br/>Debate-test-dummy: reaction to Hewitt / Wold R. Dombrowsky --<br/>A reply to Hewitt's critique / Gary A. Kreps --<br/>What I see in Hewitt's mirror in rereading my paper / Boris N. Porfiriev --<br/>Coming to terms with community disaster / Russell R. Dynes --<br/>Disaster and the theory of social order / Robert A. Stallings --<br/>Future disasters, future definitions / Uriel Rosenthal --<br/>Legislators, interpreters, and disasters: the importance of how as well was what is a disaster / Steve Kroll-Smith, Valerie J. Gunter --<br/>Global changes and the definition of disaster / Anthony Oliver-Smith --<br/>Definitions and the development of a theoretical superstructure for disaster research / Ronald W. Perry --<br/>On the concepts of disaster: a response, a slight recovery, and less reconstruction / Russell R. Dynes --<br/>Reply to Perry's reaction paper / Robert A. Stallings --<br/>Comments on Perry's comments / Uriel Rosenthal --<br/>A plea for heterodoxy: response to Perry's remarks / Steve Kroll-Smith, Valerie J. Gunter --<br/>Disasters, social change, and adaptive systems / Anthony Oliver-Smith. |
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| Keyword | Disasters--Social aspects |
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| Keyword | Social aspects |
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| Keyword | Disaster relief |
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| Keyword | Disasters |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Quarantelli, E. L., ed. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 363.34 QUA/W | P08117 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |