Protecting Seniors Against Environmental Disasters - From Hazards and Vulnerability to Prevention and Resilience

"This book connects the dots between two powerful trends in the US: the rapid growth of the 65+ year old population and the marked increase in natural and human-caused environmental disasters. Inevitably, these two trends lead to more environmental disasters disproportionately impacting seniors, unless coordinated planning, regulations, and practice focus on identifying best risk management practices and implementing them. Built on a risk analysis framework, this book uses literature, interviews and casestudies to find the best lessons learned about how to prevent seniors' exposure to low probability but high consequence events and how to protect the 65+ year old population when these events do occur"--

Product details

• Authors: Michael R Greenberg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780415842013
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84201-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, NATURE / Natural Disasters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Anthropology, Nursing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health & personal development, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, Urban & municipal planning, Communication Studies, business strategy, Politics and government, Jurisprudence & general issues, Natural disasters, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Environment law, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Personal and public health / health education, Risk assessment, Jurisprudence and general issues, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law