This is a discussion assignment answer the 3 questions below in two pages with as much detail as possible. Use the articles by William Donner and Kenneth Hewitt as your starting points and then add three more sources of your choice. Please look at the discussion rubric and be sure to meet all the criteria for “excellent”. You need to include sources/citations within your response.
Please read “Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: The Role and Impact of Population and Society” by William Donner.
https://www.prb.org/resources/disaster-risk/
Please Read “Environmental Disasters in social Context” by Kenneth Hewitt (Attached below)
1. There has been research into social vulnerabilities for years but the field of emergency management is newer. As the knowledge is shared among disciplines and between research areas ‘dominant views’ have formed. Donner discusses the “vulnerability” perspective in disasters, which is rapidly emerging as a dominant view in the field. What is meant by this “vulnerability” perspective view? How is it different from the other dominant views of disasters/hazards? How do worldviews and values influence the vulnerability perspective?
2. What are social factors and how is it important in EM decision-making to be aware of social factors and their influence within a community?
3. Preventive and Precautionary Approaches. What are Hewitt’s main points when referring to the following terms or phrases and implications for EM and EM planning (share a few examples either from your readings and/or additional sources/experiences): (a) Vulnerabilities can change dramatically with habitat changes (b) Social Justice (c) Capacity and (d) Resilience?
