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Title

  • Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies

Other Title

  • Vulnerability and resilience of past societies

Summary

  • "This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to history, showing how we can use history to better understand how societies deal with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. Despite growing recognition of the importance of historical depth by scholars investigating disasters, the temporal dimensions of disasters have been underexploited up to now. Moreover, the historical record sometimes enables us to make a long-term reconstruction of the social, economic and cultural effects of hazards and shocks simply not possible in contemporary disaster studies material. We can therefore use 'the past' as a laboratory to test hypotheses of relevance to the present in a careful way. History lends itself towards this end because of the opportunity it offers to identify distinct and divergent social and environmental patterns and trajectories. We can compare the drivers and constraints of societal responses to shocks spatially and chronologically, and therefore enrich our understanding of responses to stress today"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Bavel, B. J. P. van, 1964- editor
  • Curtis, Daniel R, editor
  • De Keyzer, Maïka, editor
  • Dijkman, Jessica, editor
  • Hannaford, Matthew, editor
  • Soens, Tim, editor
  • Van Onacker, Eline, editor

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Headings

  • -  Disasters--History
  • -  Emergency management--Research
  • -  Hazard mitigation--Research
  • -  Natural disasters--Research

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV551.2

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020021606

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Bavel, B. J. P. Van, Editor. Disasters and History: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies. editeds by Curtis, Daniel R, De Keyzer, Maïka, Dijkman, Jessica, Hannaford, Matthew, Soens, Tim, and Van Onacker, Eline Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020021606/.

APA citation style:

Bavel, B. J. P. V., Curtis, D. R., De Keyzer, M., Dijkman, J., Hannaford, M., Soens, T. & Van Onacker, E., eds. (2020) Disasters and History: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020021606/.

MLA citation style:

Bavel, B. J. P. Van, Editor. Disasters and History: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies. ed by Curtis, Daniel R, et al Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020021606/>.