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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: The New Environmental Crisis; Introduction; A New Environmental Crisis; Challenges at Every Scale; Research to Policy Challenges; State of Knowledge; This Volume; Disaster Management Challenges; Constituency; Ethical Concerns; The Moon Shot; References; Part I: Locating Disaster Studies; Launching the DRC: Historical Context and Future Directions; Historical Context; Early Disaster Studies; Key Methodological Issues; Literature Review Project; Field Interview Guide; Staff Training; Expert Consultations; Laboratory Studies
Key Theoretical IssuesWhat Is an Organization?; What Is a Disaster?; What Is Organizational Stress?; How Can Organizational Emergence and Improvisation Best Be Identified and Analyzed?; Key Ethical Issues; What Are the Requirements for "Informed Consent"?; What Does a Promise of Interview Confidentiality Require and What Potential Legal Exposure Is Created?; What Policy Guidance Was Required Regarding Media Interviews, Sponsor Inquiries, and Such?; What Dissemination Obligation Does a Researcher Have Who Has Collected and Analyzed Disaster Data?; New Directions; Basic Theoretical Issues
What Is a Disaster?What Are the Historical Antecedents to Disaster?; How, When and Why Is Disaster Reflected in Popular Culture?; What Theoretical Frameworks Will Inform Assessments of Adaptations and Consequences of Climate Change?; What Theoretical Frameworks Will Guide Analyses of Cross-Societal Comparisons and Assessments of Both Global Impacts and Multinational Response and Relief Efforts?; Expansion of the Emergency Management Interface; Professionalism; Redoing Gender; Social Media; Importance of Improvisation; Bridge Building Activities; References
Disaster Studies at 50: Time to Wear Bifocals?Introduction; Near Vision; Beyond 'Perception' and 'Participation'; Beyond 'Top-Down' and 'Bottom-Up'; Distance Vision; From 'DRR' to 'DRC'; Through a Glass Darkly; (Failing) to Govern Risk; Conclusions and Recommendations; Acceptance and Support for the Following Recommendations Would Constitute a Start; References; Part II: Confronting the Second Environmental Crisis; The Silence Before the Storm: Advocacy Groups' Current Perceptions of Future Climate Vulnerability; Introduction; Background; Disaster Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation
Vulnerable CommunitiesPolicy and Advocacy Groups; Environmental Advocacy and Policy; Environmental Justice; Green Economy and Workforce; Disaster and Emergency Mitigation; Public Health; Fair Housing; Civil Rights and Community Organizing; Summary; Study Data and Methods; Sample Selection and Recruitment; Documentation and Confidentiality; Structured Interview Protocol; Findings; Nascent Field; Political Context; Policy Context; Governmental Context; Resource Constraints; Knowledge and Capacity Constraints; Persistence of Marginalization and Lack of Diversity; Vulnerable Communities Context
Key Theoretical IssuesWhat Is an Organization?; What Is a Disaster?; What Is Organizational Stress?; How Can Organizational Emergence and Improvisation Best Be Identified and Analyzed?; Key Ethical Issues; What Are the Requirements for "Informed Consent"?; What Does a Promise of Interview Confidentiality Require and What Potential Legal Exposure Is Created?; What Policy Guidance Was Required Regarding Media Interviews, Sponsor Inquiries, and Such?; What Dissemination Obligation Does a Researcher Have Who Has Collected and Analyzed Disaster Data?; New Directions; Basic Theoretical Issues
What Is a Disaster?What Are the Historical Antecedents to Disaster?; How, When and Why Is Disaster Reflected in Popular Culture?; What Theoretical Frameworks Will Inform Assessments of Adaptations and Consequences of Climate Change?; What Theoretical Frameworks Will Guide Analyses of Cross-Societal Comparisons and Assessments of Both Global Impacts and Multinational Response and Relief Efforts?; Expansion of the Emergency Management Interface; Professionalism; Redoing Gender; Social Media; Importance of Improvisation; Bridge Building Activities; References
Disaster Studies at 50: Time to Wear Bifocals?Introduction; Near Vision; Beyond 'Perception' and 'Participation'; Beyond 'Top-Down' and 'Bottom-Up'; Distance Vision; From 'DRR' to 'DRC'; Through a Glass Darkly; (Failing) to Govern Risk; Conclusions and Recommendations; Acceptance and Support for the Following Recommendations Would Constitute a Start; References; Part II: Confronting the Second Environmental Crisis; The Silence Before the Storm: Advocacy Groups' Current Perceptions of Future Climate Vulnerability; Introduction; Background; Disaster Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation
Vulnerable CommunitiesPolicy and Advocacy Groups; Environmental Advocacy and Policy; Environmental Justice; Green Economy and Workforce; Disaster and Emergency Mitigation; Public Health; Fair Housing; Civil Rights and Community Organizing; Summary; Study Data and Methods; Sample Selection and Recruitment; Documentation and Confidentiality; Structured Interview Protocol; Findings; Nascent Field; Political Context; Policy Context; Governmental Context; Resource Constraints; Knowledge and Capacity Constraints; Persistence of Marginalization and Lack of Diversity; Vulnerable Communities Context