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Topic 11

Topic 11: Socially vulnerable groups and building resilience

Race and ethnicity

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Reading 11.1

Dash, N. (2010). Race and ethnicity. In B. D. Phillips, D. S. K. Thomas, F. A., & L. Blinn-Pike (Eds.), Social vulnerability to disasters (pp. 101-121, Chap. 5). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Photo: Uzbek Women and Children in Aftermath of Kyrgyzstan's Ethnic Clashes

Uzbek Women and Children in Aftermath of Kyrgyzstan's Ethnic Clashes

Uzbek women refugees express dismay after violent clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, erupted in June 2010 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, leaving at least 170 people dead.

Source: UN Photo/EPA; 15 June 2010; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Photo #439678 www.unmultimedia.org/photo accessed September 2010.

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The elderly in disaster

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Reading 11.2

Eldar, R. (1992). The needs of elderly persons in natural disasters: Observations and recommendations. Disasters, The Journal of Disaster Studies and Management, 16(4), 355-357.

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