Handbook of Disaster Research

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Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series Editor: Howard B. Kaplan, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Edited by Ram A. Cnaan and Carl Milofsky HANDBOOK OF DISASTER RESEARCH Edited by Havid´an Rodr´ıguez, Enrico L. Quarantelli, and Russell Dynes HANDBOOK OF DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION Theory, Science and Prevention Edited by Zili Sloboda and William J. Bukoski HANDBOOK OF THE LIFE COURSE Edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan HANDBOOK OF POPULATION Edited by Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Edited by John Delamater HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Edited by Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Edited by Maureen T. Hallinan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Edited by Janet Saltzman Chafetz HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH Edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY Edited by Giuseppe Caforio

Handbook of

Disaster Research Edited by

Havidán Rodríguez University of Delaware Newark, Delaware

Enrico L. Quarantelli University of Delaware Newark, Delaware

Russell R. Dynes University of Delaware Newark, Delaware

With Forewords by

William A. Anderson Patrick J. Kennedy Everett Ressler

Havid´an Rodr´ıguez Disaster Research Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 [email protected]

Enrico L. Quarantelli Disaster Research Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 [email protected]

Russell R. Dynes Disaster Research Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 [email protected]

ISBN: 978-0-387-73952-6

e-ISBN: 978-0-387-32353-4

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007932796  C 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

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Dedicated to Those Who Contributed to the Beginnings of Disaster Research Charles Fritz Kitao Abe Ritsuo Akimoto Allan Barton Fredrick Bates George Van Den Berghe Enzo Biginatti Rue Bucher Lowell Carr Charles Chandessais Roy Clifford Fred Cuny William Form Irving Janis Barclay Jones James Kerr Lewis Killian Alcira Kreimer Herb Kunde

Cornelis J. Lammers Harry Moore Roy Pop