Product Description: Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster programs, identify remaining research needs, and discuss disaster within the broader context of sustainable development...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The twenty-eight authors included in this collection share an interest in the patterns of crowd actions, social movements, and social behavior in the wake of disasters and seek to advance the field of collective behavior.