Disability and disaster : explorations and exchanges /: explorations and exchanges. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ilan Kelman and Laura M. Stough.
• Editors: Kelman, Ilan; Stough, Laura Michelle, 1961-
• Contents: Disability and disaster : an overview / David Alexander -- Inclusive emergency management for people with disabilities facing disaster / Brenda Phillips -- One (mis- )step from (personal) disaster : being blind / Anonymous -- One should remain calm / Marcos Eduardo Barquero Varela -- Failure and hope : living or not with disability after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake / Subhasis Bhadra -- Resilience : just for the resilient? / Ian Christoplos -- Educating first responders about Asperger's syndrome / Andy Cox -- Fighting to restart / Kelen L. Ferreira -- No matter what happened, I have survived / Christy Hardinger -- Migraines and atmospheric conditions / Veronica Johnson -- Don't let me burn! / Äsun Äien Josefsen -- If you people would just prepare! / June Isaacson Kailes -- Inclusive risk management / Carlos Kaiser -- Terrorism and displacement in Kenya / Jane Kihungi -- Maintaining social contact for disaster preparedness / Inge Komardjaja -- Disasters for people with disabilities in the Cook Islands / Mataiti Mataiti -- A disaster-free life -- a lot of luck and happiness / Khanh Thanh Nguyen -- Lightness or darkness? / Mercy Yazmin Rincon Ardila -- The water is rushing in / Marcie Roth -- Of bodybuilders and wheelchairs / Jean-Luc Simon -- My sister / Anna Stenersen -- Wheels on the ground : lessons learned and lessons to learn / Glen White -- Help us to get it right / Marcie Roth.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34/8; Social sciences; Emergency management -- Planning; People with disabilities; Environmental sociology; Criminology; Social justice; Political science; Social work; Social impact of disasters; Disability: social aspects; Human rights; Emergency management -- Planning; People with disabilities; Social impact of disasters; Disability: social aspects; Human rights, civil rights; Society; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Criminology; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Political Science -- General; Social Science -- Social Work; Sociology; Crime & criminology; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Social work; Disabled Persons; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137486004; 1137486007; 9781137486011; 1137486015
• Related ISBNs: 9781137485991
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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