This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster
scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be …

Disaster studies is faced with a fascinating anomaly: frequently it claims to be critical and
innovative, as suggested by the so‐called vulnerability paradigm that emerged more than 40 …

Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field
locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at local, national, and …

Disaster Theory: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Concepts and Causes offers the
theoretical background needed to understand what disasters are and why they occur …

This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. Unlike most
existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins with the idea that disasters …

Given the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or
descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster …

The following article discusses the current emphasis and attention being given to the future
of emergency management, as well as theoretical constructs designed to guide research …

Scholars have come to accept the once controversial maxim that there is no such thing as a
natural disaster. The causes and consequences of disaster are not defined by an …

Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential
angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster …

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 …