Disaster and emergency management methods: social science approaches in application

"Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to engage students and to provide a flexible foundation for instructors and practitioners, this interdisciplinary textbook provides a holistic understanding of disaster and emergency management research methods used in the field. The disaster and emergency management contexts have a host of challenges that affect the research process that subsequently shape methodological approaches, data quality, analysis and inferences. In this book, readers are presented with the considerations that must be made before engaging in the research process, in addition to a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches that are currently being used in the discipline. Current, relevant, and fascinating real-world applications provide a window into how each approach is being applied in the field. Disaster and Emergency Management Methods serves as an effective way to empower readers to approach their own study of disaster and emergency management research methods with confidence"--

Introduction. Engaging in Research within the Disaster and Emergency Management Contexts -- Part 1. Preliminary Considerations of Disaster and Emergency Management Research -- Part 2. Qualitative and Interpretivist Approaches to Studying Disaster and Emergency Management -- Part 3. Quantitative and Policy Approaches to Studying Disaster and Emergency Management -- Conclusion. Understanding Disasters: Questions Should Drive Methods and Other Interdisciplinary Lessons.