Preface ........................................................ ix
Contributors ................................................... xi
Acknowledgments .............................................. xiii
Chapter 1 Understanding Social Vulnerability ................... 1
Maureen Fordham, William E. Lovekamp,
Deborah S.K. Thomas, and Brenda D. Phillips
SECTION I Understanding Social Vulnerability
Chapter 2 Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and
Structural Dimensions of Disasters .................. 33
Jean Scandlyn, Deborah S.K. Thomas, and John Brett
Chapter 3 The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable
Development ......................................... 57
John Brett and Kate Oviatt
SECTION II Socially Vulnerable Groups
Chapter 4 Class ............................................... 83
Brenda McCoy and Nicole Dash
Chapter 5 Race and Ethnicity ................................. 113
Nicole Dash
Chapter 6 Gender ............................................. 139
Jennifer Tobin-Gurley and Elaine Enarson
Chapter 7 Age ................................................ 167
Lori Peek
Chapter 8 Disability ......................................... 199
Elizabeth A. Davis, Rebecca Hansen, Maria Kett,
Jennifer Mincin, and John Twigg
Chapter 9 Health ............................................. 235
Deborah S.K. Thomas, Mary Shannon Newell, and
Debra Kreisberg
Chapter 10 Language and Literacy .............................. 265
Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernández and Betty Hearn
Morrow
Chapter 11 Households and Families ............................ 281
Tricia Wachtendorf, Mary M. Nelan, and Lynn
Blinn-Pike
Chapter 12 Violence ........................................... 311
Brenda D. Phillips and Pam Jenkins
SECTION III Building Capacity and Community Resilience
Chapter 13 Religion, Faith, and Faith-Based Organizations ..... 341
Brenda Phillips and Michael D. Thompson
Chapter 14 Animals ............................................ 367
Tamara Gull
Chapter 15 The Nature of Human Communities .................... 397
Pam Jenkins
Chapter 16 Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability ....... 415
Deborah S. K. Thomas, Iain Hyde, and Michelle
A. Meyer
Chapter 17 Social Change and Empowerment ...................... 447
William E. Lovekamp and Sudha Arlikatti
Chapter 18 New Ideas for Practitioners ........................ 473
DeeDee Bennett, Brenda D. Phillips, Deborah
S.K. Thomas, Eve Gruntfest, and Jeanette Sutton
Index ......................................................... 501
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