Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the world, causing significant destruction to individuals and communities. Yet many social workers ar

Research on Social Work and Disasters shows readers significant ways in which the social work profession can become involved in prevention, mitigation, and prep

Occurrences of disasters are becoming more frequent and serious. Other than natural disasters, humanity is faced with new challenges of city fires, car accident

Disasters affect people individually and collectively in their communities, national societies, and the international sphere and in any setting from the home to

The world is on the brink of ecological crisis. In the last decade we have seen a number of catastrophic events that illustrate this, including the 2004 tsunami