Social institutional elements of disaster vulnerability
By: Lee Bosher.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781933146355
Subjects: Disasters -- Risk assessment -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.; Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.; Cyclones -- Social aspects -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.; People with social disabilities -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.; Social institutions -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.; Social networks -- India -- Andhra Pradesh.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-257) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Political reality of vulnerability in India; value: Background to fieldwork and research; value: Contextual analysis; value: Factors that influence levels of vulnerability; value: Social influences upon levels of vulnerability; value: Conclusions and recommendations; value: Appendix A: Examples of village maps; value: Appendix B: Information on house types; value: Appendix C: Information on sociogram scoring.