Butterworth-Heinemann Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research

Product Description Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. Review A synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals From the Back Cover Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research A synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. Edited by Fernando I. Rivera Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emergency Voices in Natural Hazards Research serves as a consolidated resource for academics, students and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries About the Editor Fernando Rivera is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida, who has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his disaster research. He is the editor of two books on disaster vulnerability, hazards and resilience and several journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Rivera is currently a principal co-investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary project examining restoration and resilience in coupled human-natural systems. Related Elsevier Titles Coppola, International Disaster Management, January 2015, 9780128014776 Etkin, Disaster Theory, January 2015, 9780128002278 About the Author Fernando Rivera is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida. Rivera has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his disaster research. In addition, he participated in the Research Education in Disaster Mental Health training fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Dartmouth University. He is also the editor of two books on disaster vulnerability, hazards and resilience and several journal articles and book chapters. He is currently a principal co-investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary project examining restoration and resilience in coupled human-natural systems. He earned his master's degree and PhD in sociology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. He also completed a NIMH-sponsored post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for health, health care policy, and aging research at Rutgers University.