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A humanitarian crisis (or sometimes humanitarian disaster) is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people. [1] It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area.
Many studies in the field of sociology of disaster focus on the link between social solidarity and the vulnerabilities exposed by disasters. Scholarship in this field has observed how such events can produce both social solidarity [5] [6] and social conflict, [7] [8] and more importantly, expose inequalities inherent in the social order by exponentially exacerbating its effects.
A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. The term "disaster" itself is defined as follows: "Disasters are serious disruptions to the functioning of a community that exceed its capacity to cope using its own resources.
The international disaster database EM-DAT defines a disaster as “a situation or event that overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request for external assistance at the national or international level; it is an unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering.” [12] The effects of a disaster ...
One year later, evacuees exhibiting serious mental health issues and being diagnosed with PTSD had increased to 14% and 20%, respectively, which was unusual compared to other natural disasters. [25] Residents of New Orleans with chronic mental health disorders were negatively affected by Hurricane Katrina as well.
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 2, no. 3 (1984): 345–368. Nogami, Tatsuya, and Fujio Yoshida. "Disaster myths after the Great East Japan Disaster and the effects of information sources on belief in such myths." Disasters 38, no. Supp 2 (2014): S190-S205. Quarantelli, E.L., and Russel R. Dynes.
Impact, or the period when the disaster event takes place; Post-impact, or the period immediately after the impact up to the beginning of recovery; Recovery, or the period in which disaster survivors are working toward restoration of their pre-disaster state.” [1] These four stages are the main targets social workers want to address when ...
The impact of social vulnerability in disasters has been investigated focusing on wildfires. The models show a significant influence of social vulnerabilities on wildfire evacuation decisions. As such, it is fundamental to account for it in disaster management.