Add to ORKGIn this report we summarize research findings on the general behavior of individuals/ households, organizations and communities in the pre-,trans, and post-impact periods of sudden natural and technological disasters. This is done for the purpose of drawing operational implications for those in the insurance industry in the United States responsible for planning and responding in such situations. Since mass media outlets would be one major way for reaching impacted populations, some observations about the mass operation of local community communication systems are provided
The controversy surrounding the existence of adverse psychosocial effects of natural disasters was r...
There has been a recent ourtpouring of writings and research in the sociology of mass communications...
This paper summarizes what social science research has established about human and group behavior i...
In this report we summarize research findings on the general behavior of individuals/ households, or...
Chapter 1. Introduction From September 1985 through August 1988 the Disaster Research Center (DRC)...
This paper summarizes much although not all of what is known about overall disaster related social b...
We want to start off with a very simple observation. Practically everyone is willing to express vie...
From September 1985 through August 1988 the Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Dela...
The scope of the chapter is to provide an interpretive hypothesis on the different functions of diff...
This paper summarizes the major findings from about 15 years of research on local mass media operati...
This paper discusses certain aspects of those mass emergencies typically called community disasters....
Since systematic studies started in the early 1950s, there has now been a half century of social sci...
The scope of the chapter is to provide an interpretive hypothesis on the different functions of diff...
For over two decades students of disaster phenomena have attempted to accurately describe and explai...
The concern of this monograph is with understanding organized activities in communities which experi...
The controversy surrounding the existence of adverse psychosocial effects of natural disasters was r...
There has been a recent ourtpouring of writings and research in the sociology of mass communications...
This paper summarizes what social science research has established about human and group behavior i...
In this report we summarize research findings on the general behavior of individuals/ households, or...
Chapter 1. Introduction From September 1985 through August 1988 the Disaster Research Center (DRC)...
This paper summarizes much although not all of what is known about overall disaster related social b...
We want to start off with a very simple observation. Practically everyone is willing to express vie...
From September 1985 through August 1988 the Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Dela...
The scope of the chapter is to provide an interpretive hypothesis on the different functions of diff...
This paper summarizes the major findings from about 15 years of research on local mass media operati...
This paper discusses certain aspects of those mass emergencies typically called community disasters....
Since systematic studies started in the early 1950s, there has now been a half century of social sci...
The scope of the chapter is to provide an interpretive hypothesis on the different functions of diff...
For over two decades students of disaster phenomena have attempted to accurately describe and explai...
The concern of this monograph is with understanding organized activities in communities which experi...
The controversy surrounding the existence of adverse psychosocial effects of natural disasters was r...
There has been a recent ourtpouring of writings and research in the sociology of mass communications...
This paper summarizes what social science research has established about human and group behavior i...