Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book offers non-linear, non-prescriptive ways of thinking about disasters and allows the people affected by disaster the chance to speak.

'...a valuable contribution to the literature on disasters.' - Vicente Rodriguez, Environment and Planning

Autorentext

IAN CONVERY is Senior Lecturer in the National School of Forestry, University of Cumbria, UK and is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. MAGGIE MORT is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Health Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University, UK. JOSEPHINE BAXTER is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. CATHY BAILEY is Research Fellow at the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland Galway, Republic of Ireland.

Inhalt
Preface; K. Erikson List of Illustrations Introduction Disasters Global to Local: The Case of Foot and Mouth Disease in Cumbria Of Animals and Humans The Power of Things, Materials Trauma and Traumatic Experience Working on the Frontline Exploring the Lifescape Reconfiguring Disasters Appendix I: The Compulsory Cull References Index