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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elaine Pitt Enarson; Betty Hearn Morrow |
| ISBN: | 0275961109 9780275961107 |
| OCLC Number: | 37878632 |
| Description: | xiii, 275 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow. |
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"As a researcher in the world outside of academia, the criteria I use to determine whether information is useful to others are pragmatically biased. Specifically, I look for information that can directly help planners and others in the fields of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes does all of this and more....[U]seful to feminist sociological theorists and to planners and policymakers engaged in assessing and mitigating the vulnerability of communities, in both high density urban areas and in traditional rural economics....This book provides a trail blazing collection of evidence that gender issues can no longer be ignored or dismissed if we are truly interested in reducing vulnerability and increasing sustainability of communities."-International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters Read more...
