This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. Unlike most existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins

This book covers several dimensions of disaster studies as an emerging discipline. It is the inaugural book in the series ‘Disaster Studies and Management’

The methods of disaster research are indistinguishable from those used throughout the social sciences. Yet these methods must be applied under unique circumstan

This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisc

The editors have done a marvelous job of creating an instructive and well-written book that is a must read for anyone who conducts disaster-related mental healt