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OverviewThis book offers a comprehensive description and analysis of natural hazard warnings, drawing on perspectives from the social sciences, physical sciences, and interdisciplinary fields such as disaster studies to articulate a distinction between traditional warnings and what might be called interdisciplinary warnings. Traditional warnings approach warning technology, design, and application from a principally scientific and technical perspective. Human factors, while considered, often are of secondary concern. Interdisciplinary warnings, on the other hand, maintain a critical emphasis on the technical merits of warning systems, but also ask, “Will psychological and community factors such as culture and structure shape how the system is used, and, if so, can this information be incorporated into system design preemptively to make it more effective?” Given the absence of systematic work on interdisciplinary warnings, a book-length monograph discussing and synthesizing knowledge from the various fields focused on warnings and warning response is of critical importance to both academics and practitioners. Broadly conceived, the book presents readers with an in-depth overview of warnings, interdisciplinary research, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The book holds appeal for a very broad audience: scholars; practitioners; and academic, vocational, and technical instructors both in University and non-University settings. It is of interest to academic scholars due to the interdisciplinary treatment of warnings as well as the general presentation of up-to-date scholarship on warning theory. Additionally, scholars interested in interdisciplinary work in general and those focusing on disaster warnings find within the volume a framework for developing collaborative research partnerships with those from other disciplines. As well, the book offers practitioners --emergency managers, mitigation specialists, planners, etc. --a more comprehensive perspective on emergency response in practice, allowing for better development and application of warning policy. Finally, the book appeals to instructors both inside and outside the academy. The authors envision the book useful to professors teaching both graduate and undergraduate-level courses in Sociology of Disaster, Emergency Management Planning, Homeland Security, Disaster Response, Disaster Mitigation, and Business Continuity and Crisis Management. A robust market also exists among professional organizations, perhaps most notably FEMA, which offers countless online and in-person training courses via the National Training Program, Emergency Management Institute (EMI), and other venues. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William Donner , Havidan Rodriguez , Jerald Brotzge , Walter R. DiazPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.506kg ISBN: 9783031050305ISBN 10: 3031050304 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 25 August 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Forward.- 2. Introduction: a. The Need for a Book on Interdisciplinary Warnings.- b. Traditional vs. Interdisciplinary Warnings.- c. The Value and Limits of Traditional Warnings.- 3. Warning Systems: Past, Present, and State of the Art.- a. History of Warning Systems.- b. Technological Developments.- c. Present-day Warning Technology.- d. Current Warning Policies and Practices.- e. Warning Response: A Social Science Perspective.- 4. Obstacles to Successful Warnings.- a. What is a “Successful Warning?”- b. Technological Obstacles.- c. Policy Obstacles.- d. Psychological, Social, and Cultural Obstacles.- 5. Interdisciplinary Warning Research and Practice.- a. End-to-end system design.- b. Scientists.- c. Emergency Managers.- d. Communities.- 6. Case Studies.- a. CASA.- b. Hurricane Harvey.- c. Hydrological Risks in South Texas.- 7. Future Directions and Challenges.- a. Media Market Growth.- b. Warning Privatization.- 8. Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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