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Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1992. In this landmark study, two eminent geographers present the first comparative, cross-national analysis of emergency evacuations engendered by every sort of disaster: military, natural, and industrial. Zelinsky and Kosinski have selected 27 evacuations of cities due to actual or anticipated emergencies during the past fifty years, from the Ohio River Flood of 1937 to the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
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The Emergency Evacuation of Cities : A Cross-national Historical and Geographical Study
author
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Zelinsky, Wilbur.; Kosinski, Leszek A.
publisher
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Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin
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0847676730
print isbn13
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9780847676736
ebook isbn13
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9780585278568
language
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English
subject
Evacuation of civilians, Emergency management, Natural disasters--Social aspects.
publication date
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1991
lcc
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HV554.Z45 1991eb
ddc
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363.3/48
subject
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Evacuation of civilians, Emergency management, Natural disasters--Social aspects.
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The Emergency Evacuation of Cities
A Cross-National Historical and Geographical Study
Wilbur Zelinsky Leszek A. Kosinski*
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 8705 Bollman Place, Savage, Maryland 20763
Copyright 1991 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zelinsky, Wilbur, 1921 The emergency evacuation of cities: a cross-national historical and geographical study / Wilbur Zelinsky, Leszek A. Kosinski*. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Evacuation of civilians. 2. Emergency management. 3. Natural disastersSocial aspects. I. Kosinski, Leszek A. II. Title. HV554.Z45 1991 363.3' 48dc20 91-23165 CIP
ISBN 0-8476-7673-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
List of Tables
vii
List of Illustrations
xi
Foreword
xiii
Acknowledgments
xiv
Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Background and Aims. Previous Scholarship. Preexisting Hypotheses. Definitions. Organization of Study. Notes
Chapter 2 Evacuations Caused by Floods and Storms
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The Ohio River Flood of 1937. Winnipeg Flood, 1950. Gulf Coast Hurricanes, 1953-79. Belize City, 1961. Darwin, 1974
Chapter 3 Evacuations Related to Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
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Skopje, 1963. Anchorage, 1964. Managua, 1972. La Soufrire, 1976. El Asnam, 1980. Notes
Chapter 4 War-Related Evacuations
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Great Britain, 1938-46 (United Kingdom I, IIa, and IIb). Warsaw, 1939-44 (Warsaw I and II). France (And the Low Countries), 1939-40. USSR, 1941-44. Leningrad, 1941-45. Germany I and II, 1939-46. Japan, 1944-45. Notes
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Chapter 5 Evacuations Related to Industrial Accidents
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Three Mile Island, 1979. Mississauga, 1979. Bhopal, India, 1984 (Bhopal I and II). Chernobyl, 1986. Note
Chapter 6 Comparative Analysis
241
Magnitude of Evacuations. Planning and Control of Evacuations. Warning and Panic as Factors in Evacuation Behavior. Distances Traveled by Evacuees. Distance-Decay Effect in Evacuation Journeys. Mode of Transport Used by Evacuees. Types of Destinations Reached by Evacuees. Extent of Evacuee Return. Participation in Evacuation by Selected Social Categories. Convergent Behavior. Presence or Absence of Looting
Chapter 7 Conclusions, Implications, and Unanswered Questions
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The Existing Hypotheses Tested. Immediate Findings Summarized. Some Larger Questions. Possible Contributions to Population Theory. Implications for the Future. The Evacuation Strategy in Future Nuclear Conflicts. Notes
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