Understanding Social Vulnerability, B.D. Phillips and M. Fordham

Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters, J. Scandlyn, C.N. Simon, D.S.K. Thomas, and J. Brett

The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development, K. Oviatt and J. Brett

Class, N. Dash, B.G. McCoy, and A. Herring

Race and Ethnicity, N. Dash

Gender, E. Enarson

Age, L. Peek

Disability, A. Clive, E.A. Davis, R. Hansen, and J. Mincin

Health, D.S.K. Thomas, E.A. Davis, and A. Clive

Language and Literacy, B.H. Morrow

Households and Families, L. Blinn-Pike

Violence and Disaster Vulnerability, B.D. Phillips, P. Jenkins, and E. Enarson

The Nature of Human Communities, E. Passerini

Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability, D.S.K. Thomas, P.K. Stephens, and J. Goldsmith

New Ideas for Practitioners, E. Enarson, E. Gruntfest, B.D. Phillips, and D.S.K. Thomas

Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters, W.E. Lovekamp

Biographies of Contributors

Index

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA UCDHSC, Denver, Colorado, USA Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA