Edited by Robin L. Ersing and Kathleen A. Kost
Disasters both man-made and natural strike every population. Some communities are more resilient than others. Surviving Disaster: The Role of Social Networks is a timely tool for disaster planning and relief efforts, exploring the impact community ties-strong and weak-have on response to and
recovery from disasters. The book covers the basics of disaster response and the role of social networks, providing essential terminology, theories, analysis, and case examples, with descriptions of methods that worked and did not work for a variety of populations facing different types of disasters
within and outside the United States.
Preface
1. Approaching Practice: Social Networks in the Context of Disasters, Robin L. Ersing and Kathleen A. Kost
2. A Social Network Approach to Disaster Planning: Implications to Mitigation and Response, Dhrubodhi Mukherjee and Hussein H. Soliman
3. Building and Maintaining Social
Networks: Application of the Community Readiness Model, Kathleen A. Kost and Ruth W. Edwards
4. And the Winds Came: Tornado Disaster Recovery in Rural Wyoming, Susan Markus
5. Hurricane Evacuation among Mobile Home Residents in Florida: The Complex Role of Social Networks, Margarethe
Kusenbach and Carylanna Taylor
6. The Role of Leadership in Disaster Relief and Management, Golam M. Mathbor and Kathleen A. Kost
7. Using Social Networks to Build Disaster Resilient Communities: The Strategy of CODE ONE, Robin L. Ersing
Conclusion
Index
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Robin L. Ersing (MSW, PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo) is associate professor of social work at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She has a passionate interest in disaster recovery and prevention research and has published on the subject many times.
Kathleen A. Kost
(MA, MSSW, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison) is associate professor of social work at State University of New York, Buffalo. She has been a consultant and program evaluator for more than twenty years.
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