Handbook of Disaster Research

The Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd Edition, is an interdisciplinary handbook that approaches disasters as social constructions through social science research. It examines the onset and societal impacts of disasters to inform disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The volume addresses conceptual debates surrounding the definition of disaster alongside research methodologies. Building on foundational themes such as morbidity and mortality, gender, and social inequality, the 2018 edition added coverage of climate change, technological and natech disasters, children, and the news media.

Published in the Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research series, this volume supports researchers, scholars, curriculum designers, and students across disaster studies and emergency management.