Social Impact of Disasters

This first full-length book addresses disasters in the context of vulnerability of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that comprise 572 islands in the...

A detailed examination of the COVID-19 pandemic.Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole discusses the widespread misuse of science during the pandemic, the l...

Catastrophe weaves together compelling stories and potent lessons learned from the calamitous Halifax explosion - the worst non-natural disaster in...

Heady and dark and dangerous, The Pink Hotel is an intoxicating binge of a book. Liska Jacobs's stunning indictment of a society teetering toward a...

No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financia...

In 2007, the International Rescue Committee (IRC),which brings relief to countries in the wake of war, wanted to understand what really happened to...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Disasters are an increasingly common and complex combination of environmental, social and cultural f...

The tourism industry is one of the most susceptible and vulnerable to crisis. Yet the industry is poorly prepared - it is generally unable to antic...

The tourism industry is one of the most susceptible and vulnerable to crisis. Yet the industry is poorly prepared - it is generally unable to antic...

With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events. Off...

This book is a machine-generated literature overview that explores the theoretical and empirical aspects of economics of natural disasters such as ...

This edited collection features fourteen newly commissioned articles, each of which responds to the theme of plague from different disciplinary per...

This edited collection features fourteen newly commissioned articles, each of which responds to the theme of plague from different disciplinary per...