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Social Dimensions of Disaster. Instructor Guide.


PB99105488

Publication Date 1996
Personal Author Drabek, T. E.
Page Count 758
Abstract The Instructor Guide (IG) entitled The Social Dimensions of Disaster is a resource for professors who are planning a course for college or university students. The recommended topics and reading assignments are appropriate for juniors or seniors who are majoring or minoring in emergency management, a related field like sociology or public administration, or who are enrolled in an emergency management certificate program. This course may be offered within an emergency management, sociology, public administration, or related department.
Keywords
  • Disasters
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Crisis management
  • Social impact
  • Emergency plans
  • Damage
  • Evacuation
  • Warning systems
  • Interagency coordination
  • Public administration
  • Policies
  • Public safety
  • Recovery
  • Mitigation
  • Risk
  • Perception(Psychology)
  • Reaction(Psychology)
  • Stress(Psychology)
  • Attitudes(Psychology)
  • Adjustment(Psychology)
  • Long term effects
  • Instrucional materials
  • College students
  • Education
  • Disaster response
  • Emergency management
  • Instructor manuals
Source Agency
  • Federal Emergency Agency Information Resources Management Office
Corporate Authors Denver Univ., CO. Dept. of Sociology.; Emergency Management Inst., Emmitsburg, MD. National Emergency Training
Supplemental Notes Supersedes PB97-115372. See also PB97-115380. Sponsored by Emergency Management Inst., Emmitsburg, MD. National Emergency Training Center.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 199905
Social Dimensions of Disaster. Instructor Guide.
Social Dimensions of Disaster. Instructor Guide.
PB99105488

  • Disasters
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Crisis management
  • Social impact
  • Emergency plans
  • Damage
  • Evacuation
  • Warning systems
  • Interagency coordination
  • Public administration
  • Policies
  • Public safety
  • Recovery
  • Mitigation
  • Risk
  • Perception(Psychology)
  • Reaction(Psychology)
  • Stress(Psychology)
  • Attitudes(Psychology)
  • Adjustment(Psychology)
  • Long term effects
  • Instrucional materials
  • College students
  • Education
  • Disaster response
  • Emergency management
  • Instructor manuals
  • Federal Emergency Agency Information Resources Management Office
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