Ambivalence towards discourse of disaster resilience

Integrated business continuity and disaster recovery planning: Towards organizational resilience

Ambivalence towards meat.

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether differences in ambivalence between meat eaters affect their attitude towards eating meat, the belief structure underlying these attitudes, meat consumption, and intentions to reduce consumption in the future. Not surprisingly, more ambivalent meat eaters held a less positive attitude towards meat as compared to less ambivalent meat eaters....

Post disaster resilience

Traumatic events like September 11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (H-KR) have heightened national awareness on the effects that such events can have on communities and specific populations. These disasters not only had major effects on those directly impacted by the hurricane, but also on first responders and the subsequent teams of personnel who provided aid to residents and evacuees. Student...

Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse

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Disaster resilience and people with functional needs.

W Hurricane Sandy pummeled the northeast and mid-Atlantic states in October, uprooting trees and causing massive f looding, at least three large hospitals were forced to evacuate after emergency generators failed. Governors of 10 states declared emergencies and requested federal aid. As in the super derecho that swept through the Midwest and mid-Atlantic 4 months earlier, millions of residents ...