THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: IMPROVING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Kathleen Tierney Department of Sociology.

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THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: IMPROVING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Kathleen Tierney Department of Sociology Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado at Boulder

SOCIOLOGY AND DISASTERS: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS Social Factors and Disaster Vulnerability Disaster-Related Collective Behavior Social Networks and Resilience Risk Communication and Disaster Warnings

SOCIAL FACTORS AND DISASTER VULNERABILITY Who Prepares? Who Suffers Disproportionate Losses? Who is More Able to Recover?

VULNERABILITY RELATED TO… Income and Educational Levels Minority Group Status, Language Barriers, Citizenship Status “Social Capital” and Access to Resources

DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR Spontaneous Volunteers, Formation of Emergent Groups Massive Altruism, Donations

DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR Adaptive, Pro-Social Responses— Not Maladaptive, Panicky Behavior

COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION: RESTORING THE NEW YORK CITY EOC AFTER SEPT. 11

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DISASTER RESILIENCE Emergent Multi-organizational Networks and Disaster Response Networks versus Hierarchies

Communicating Risk and Warning the Public Social Factors in Risk Communication and Warning Processes Warnings and Warning System Design: How to Encourage Self-Protective Behavior

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