Hazards, Vulnerability And Environmental Justice

by Cutter, Susan L.

• ISBN13: 9781844073115
• ISBN10: 1844073114
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In a world of increasingly prominent hazards and disasters, from those with their genesis in natural events such as the South Asian tsunami, to human-induced atrocities and terrorist attacks, and the profound effects of climate change, this collection provides a timely assessment of these critical themes. Presenting the top selections from Susan L. Cutter's twenty-five years of scholarship on hazards, vulnerability, and environmental justice, this collection brings together powerful and difficult-to-find literature, framed by a fresh introduction that maps out the terrain and draws out the salient themes and conclusions. This essential collection is ideal for academics and students studying hazards, risk, disasters, and environmental justice across a range of disciplines.

Author Biography

Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xv
Acknowledgements	xix
Introduction: Pathways to Disaster	xxi
Part I Old, New and Familiar Hazards
1 The Changing Landscape of Fear	3	(6)
Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson and Thomas J. Wilbanks
2 Chemical Hazards in Urban America	9	(14)
Susan L. Cutter and John Tiefenbacher
3 Fleeing from Harm: International Trends in Evacuations from Chemical Accidents	23	(16)
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4 Ecocide in Babylonia	39	(10)
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5 The Forgotten Casualties: Women, Children and Environmental Change	49	(22)
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Part II Vulnerability to Threats
6 Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards	71	(12)
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7 Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places: A Case Study of Georgetown County, South Carolina	83	(32)
Susan L. Cutter, Jerry T. Mitchell and Michael S. Scott
8 Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards	115	(18)
Susan L. Cutter, Bryan J. Boruff and W. Lynn Shirley
9 The Science of Vulnerability and the Vulnerability of Science	133
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Part III Societal Responses to Threats
10 Societal Responses to Environmental Hazards	153	(14)
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11 Risk Cognition and the Public: The Case of Three Mile Island	167	(10)
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12 En-gendered Fears: Femininity and Technological Risk Perception	177	(16)
Susan L. Cutter, John Tiefenbacher and William D. Solecki
13 Evacuation Behaviour and Three Mile Island	193	(16)
Susan L. Cutter and Kent Barnes
14 Crying Wolf: Repeat Responses to Hurricane Evacuation Orders	209	(18)
Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter
15 Public Orders and Personal Opinions: Household Strategies for Hurricane Risk Assessment	227	(22)
Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter
Part IV Environmental Justice
16 Race, Class and Environmental Justice	249	(14)
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17 Issues in Environmental Justice Research	263	(8)
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18 The Role of Geographic Scale in Monitoring Environmental Justice	271	(16)
Susan L. Cutter, Danika Holm and Lloyd Clark
19 Setting Environmental Justice in Space and Place: Acute and Chronic Airborne Toxic Releases in the Southeastern United States	287	(20)
Susan L. Cutter and William D. Solecki
20 Using Relative Risk Indicators to Disclose Toxic Hazard Information to Communities	307	(20)
Michael S. Scott and Susan L. Cutter
21 Dumping in Dixie Revisited: The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina	327	(14)
Jerry T. Mitchell, Deborah S.K. Thomas and Susan L. Cutter
Part V From Theory to Practice
22 Emergency Preparedness and Planning for Nuclear Power Plant Accidents	341	(12)
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23 Airborne Toxic Releases: Are Communities Prepared?	353	(16)
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24 Geographers and Nuclear War: Why We Lack Influence on Public Policy	369	(16)
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25 Emerging Hurricane Evacuation Issues: Hurricane Floyd and South Carolina	385	(14)
Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter
26 GIScience, Disasters and Emergency Management	399	(8)
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Index	407