Convergence Behavior In Disasters PDF Download

Excerpt from Convergence Behavior in Disasters, a Problem in Social Control: A Special Report Prepared for the Committee on Disaster Studies Convergence behavior is widely recognized as a source of difficult problems in disaster. Some of its effects, such as traffic congestion, have received much attention. All too often, however, it is discussed in terms too general to be very helpful, as, for example, when the people who move toward the disaster site are lumped uncritically into the category of sight seers. By placing convergence in a broader context and making more refined and critical distinctions, the authors bring a fresh perspective to the problem. They distinguish and examine the major forms of convergence and the differ ent motivations which impel it, and they discuss the implications of these findings for developing methods and techniques of controlling convergence. Their findings and recommendations impinge upon the concerns of disaster organization planners; national, state, and local governmental officials; representatives of the press, radio, television, and other mass media of communication; transportation and traffic specialists; telephone, telegraph, and other technical communication specialists; police and law enforcement officials; and social and behavioral scientists of several disciplines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.