Despite the fact that there is a difference between the terms disaster, crisis and emergency,
they are closely interconnected, interdependent and overlap significantly. With a blurred line …

Natural disasters often result in fatalities, injuries, diseases and other negative physical and
mental health effects. Indirectly, disasters can result in social grievances and resource …

Explore the major theories within crisis communication, fully revised and updated Theorizing
Crisis Communication provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of both current …

This chapter traces disaster definitions devised by social scientists, recounting the evolution
of scholarly thinking and the elements of the concept. The emphasis is on the definition of …

Purpose This paper aims to discuss the relation of the COVID-19 pandemic to sustainable
development and, in particular, the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). In so doing …

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models
in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are …

This study examines the hypothesis that social capital can be a foundation for community
disaster resilience with an analysis of empirical findings from the August 2018 earthquake …

Warning research has identified people's major information sources as environmental cues,
social cues, and social warnings from authorities, news media, and peers. Social sources …

Natural disasters causing human, economic, or environmental losses include all types of
geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, climatological, or biological events that disturb …

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities have given growing attention to building community
resilience, but the effects of such efforts on community resilience are still under-investigated …