Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research

by Fernando I. Rivera

Overview

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management.

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128158210
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/08/2019
Pages:	454
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fernando Rivera is a professor of sociology and director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub at the University of Central Florida. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his disaster research. He is the co-editor of two books on disaster vulnerability, hazards, and resilience and several journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Rivera is currently a principal co-investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary project examining restoration and resilience in coupled human-natural systems.

Table of Contents

1. Bug out bags and first aid kits: Undergraduate college students' awareness, perceptions, preparedness, and behavior around severe weather 2. The gender dimensions of the 2013 Southern Alberta floods 3. Morphometric conditions underpinning the spatial and temporal dynamics of landslide hazards on the volcanics of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda 4. Disaster recovery among older adults: Exploring the intersection of vulnerability and resilience 5. Hurricanes, disasters, and food insecurity: The intersection of two social events 6. Homelessness and inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for community disaster resilience 7. Hazardous or vulnerable? Prisoners and emergency planning in the U.S. 8. The recovery process: The standard used to measure Emergency Management effectiveness in the eyes of the public 9. Institutions of higher education 10. Institutionalizing nonprofit influences post-disaster 11. Gender and representative bureaucracy: A qualitative look at opportunities and barriers for women in local emergency management agencies 12. Natural hazards, resilience, and sovereignty: The case of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 13. People with disabilities: Becoming agents of change in Disaster Risk Reduction 14. Young, mobile, but alone in the cold and dark: Experiences of young urban in-migrants during extreme weather events in the UK 15. Social vulnerability and individual wellbeing: An empirical analysis of first responders in South Korea 16. How do the perceptions of natural hazards influence migration decisions among ethnic minority farmers? Insights from coastal Bangladesh

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A synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals