1. THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: IMPROVING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Kathleen Tierney Department of Sociology Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado at Boulder

2. SOCIOLOGY AND DISASTERS: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS Social Factors and Disaster Vulnerability Disaster-Related Collective Behavior Social Networks and Resilience Risk Communication and Disaster Warnings

3. SOCIAL FACTORS AND DISASTER VULNERABILITY Who Prepares? Who Suffers Disproportionate Losses? Who is More Able to Recover?

4. VULNERABILITY RELATED TO… Income and Educational Levels Minority Group Status, Language Barriers, Citizenship Status “Social Capital” and Access to Resources

5. DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR Spontaneous Volunteers, Formation of Emergent Groups Massive Altruism, Donations

6. DISASTER-RELATED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR Adaptive, Pro-Social Responses— Not Maladaptive, Panicky Behavior

7. COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION: RESTORING THE NEW YORK CITY EOC AFTER SEPT. 11

8. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DISASTER RESILIENCE Emergent Multi-organizational Networks and Disaster Response Networks versus Hierarchies

9. Communicating Risk and Warning the Public Social Factors in Risk Communication and Warning Processes Warnings and Warning System Design: How to Encourage Self-Protective Behavior

10. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center University of Colorado 482 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0482 Phone: (303) 492-6818 Web: www.colorado.edu/hazards