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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1079844475 Title: Response to disaster : fact versus fiction & its perpetuation : the sociology of disaster Author: Henry W Fischer Publisher: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1998. ISBN/ISSN: 0761811826 9780761811824 0761811834 9780761811831 OCLC:1079844475

  
  

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Response to disaster : fact versus fiction & its perpetuation : the sociology of disaster

Author:	Henry W Fischer
Publisher:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1998.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
Summary:	The author provides a basic understanding of how people and organizations usually respond to a disaster in contrast to how they are usually perceived to respond, as well as a description of how and why the mass media helps provide both accurate and inaccurate information involving disasters. In addition, he discusses organizational response to disasters and assesses future needs in research to improve the reaction to them so that mitigation, planning, and disaster response activity are more effective. Here, he greatly expands the areas of theory of approaches to disaster.  Read more...
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Subjects	Disasters -- Social aspects. Disasters -- Psychological aspects. Disaster relief. View all subjects
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