Susan L. Cutter

Hazards Vulnerability and Environmental Justice (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From Hurricane Katrina and the south Asian tsunami to human-induced atrocities, terrorist attacks and the looming effects of climate change, the world is assailed by both natural and unnatural hazards and disasters. These expose not only human vulnerability - particularly that of the poorest, who are least able to respond and adapt - but also the profound worldwide environmental injustices that result from the geographical distribution of risks, hazards and disasters.

This collection of essays, from one of the most renowned and experienced experts, provides a timely assessment of these critical themes. Presenting the top selections from Susan L. Cutter's thirty years of scholarship on hazards, vulnerability and environmental justice, the volume tackles issues such as nuclear and toxic hazards, risk assessment, communication and planning, and societal responses. Cutter maps out the terrain and draws out the salient themes with a fresh, powerful introduction written in the wake of her work in the aftermath of Katrina.

This essential collection is ideal for professionals, researchers, academics and students working on hazards, risk, disasters and environmental justice across a range of disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136564284
• Artikelnr.: 38269823

Autorenporträt

Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina. She was formerly President of the Association of American Geographers.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Old, New, and Familiar Hazards
The Changing Landscape of Fear
Chemical Hazards in Urban America
Fleeing from Harm: International Trends in Evacuations from Chemical Accidents
Ecocide in Babylonia
The Forgotten Casualties: Women, Children and Environmental Change
Part II: Vulnerability to Threats
Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places: A Case Study of Georgetown County, South Carolina
Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
The Science of Vulnerability and the Vulnerability of Science
Part III: Societal Responses to Threats
Societal Responses to Environmental Hazards
Risk Cognition and the Public: The Case of Three Mile Island
En-gendered Fears: Femininity and Technological Risk Perception
Evacuation Behaviour and Three Mile Island
Crying Wolf: Repeat Responses to Hurricane Evacuation Orders
Public Orders and Personal Opinions: Household Strategies for Hurricane Risk Assessment
Part IV: Environmental Justice
Race, Class and Environmental Justice
Issues in Environmental Justice Research
The Role of Geographic Scale in Monitoring Environmental Justice
Setting Environmental Justice in Space and Place: Acute and Chronic Airborne Toxic Releases in the Southeastern United States
Using Relative Risk Indicators to Disclose Toxic Hazard Information to Communities
Dumping in Dixie Revisited: The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina
Part V: From Theory to Practice
Emergency Preparedness and Planning for Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
Airborne Toxic Releases: Are Communities Prepared?
Geographers and Nuclear War: Why We Lack Influence on Public Policy
Emerging Hurricane Evacuation Issues: Hurricane Floyd and South Carolina
GIScience, Disasters and Emergency Management