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082			_a333.714 _bCUT
100			_aCutter, Susan L.
245			_aHazards, Vulnerability and environmental justice
260			_aLondon _bEarthscan _c2007
300			_axxviii,418p.
500			_aCONTENT : 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 1The Changing Landscape of Fear 3 Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson and Thomas ]. Wilbanks 2Chemical Hazards in Urban America 9 Susan L. Cutter and John Tiefenbacher 3Fleeing from Harm: International Trends in Evacuations from Chemical Accidents 23 Susan L. Cutter 4Ecocide in Babylonia 39 Susan L. Cutter 5The Forgotten Casualties: Women, Children and Environmental Change 49 Susan L. Cutter Part II - Vulnerability to Threats 6Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards 71 Susan L. Cutter 1Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places: A Case Study of Georgetown County, South Carolina 83 Susan L. Cutter, Jerry T. Mitchell and Michael S. Scott 8Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards 115 Susan L. Cutter, BryanJ. BoruffandW. Lynn Shirley 9The Science of Vulnerability and the Vulnerability of Science 133 Susan L. Cutter Part III - Societal Responses to Threats 10 Societal Responses to Environmental Hazards 153 Susan L. Cutter 11 Risk Cognition and the Public: The Case of Three Mile Island 167 Susan L. Cutter 12 En-gendered Fears: Femininity and Technological Risk Perception 177 Susan L. Cutter, John Tiefenbacher and William D. Solecki 13 Evacuation Behaviour and Three Mile Island 193 Susan L. Cutter and Kent Barnes 14 Crying Wolf: Repeat Responses to Hurricane Evacuation Orders 209 Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter 15 Public Orders and Personal Opinions: Household Strategies for Hurricane Risk Assessment 227 Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter Part IV - Environmental Justice 16 Race, Class and Environmental Justice 249 Susan L. Cutter 17 Issues in Environmental Justice Research 263 Susan L. Cutter 18 The Role of Geographic Scale in Monitoring Environmental Justice 271 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 Susan L. Cutter and William D. Solecki 20 Using Relative Risk Indicators to Disclose Toxic Hazard Information to Communities 307 MichaelS. Scott and Susan L. Cutter 21 Dumping in Dixie Revisited: The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina 327 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 Susan L. Cutter 23 Airborne Toxic Releases: Are Communities Prepared? 353 Susan L. Cutter 24 Geographers and Nuclear War: Why We Lack Influence on Public Policy 369 Susan L. Cutter 25 Emerging Hurricane Evacuation Issues: Hurricane Floyd and South Carolina 385 Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter 26 GIScience, Disasters and Emergency Management 399 Susan L Cutter Index 407
890			_aUnited Kingdom
891			_aSchool of Planning, CEPT Uni.
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