The Benfield Hazard Research Centre has launched a new web page on
disability and disasters.
Little research has been done on the vulnerability of disabled people to
disasters, the effectiveness of measures to protect them and the role of
disasters in creating disability and vulnerability, especially in
developing countries. This initiative is designed to help fill the gap.
It remains at a very early stage, and is also a voluntary initiative.
The primary aim at present is to identify publications and unpublished
material on the subject (in print or online), field initiatives and people
working in this field. An annotated list of publications, outlines of
known reseach and field projects and details of key contacts will be
updated periodically on this web page. Electronic publications will be
reproduced on the web page or connected by internet links. This work will
be ongoing.
Details of publications, initiatives and people working in the field are
therefore welcome. The web page is at
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/disaster_studies/disability&disasters/d&d_index.
htm
Those who are interested in this subject are also recommended to visit
the ‘disability issues’ page of the Radix (radical interpretations of
disaster) website, which has links to experts, organisations, publications
and other information
http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/geography_research/radix/disability.html
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