Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. New Orleans Disaster ReponseII. Response FailuresIII. CopingOutline of Current Lecture IV. TerrorismV. DisastersVI. BP Gulf Coast Oil SpillCurrent Lecture SOA 240 1st EditionA New Breed of Disaster: Terrorism-expands direct impacts from disaster sites themselves where response/recovery are typically focused on serving losses of persons/place to widespread experience of loss of security-demon-strated by feelings of fear and victimizationUniqueness of Man-Made/Technological Disaster-September 11th terrorist attacks were unique type of “community” disaster-spurred new kind of response: “spontaneous volunteer”-primary motivations for volunteering:-need to better the situation for others-need to reclaim power-need to redefine the circumstances as meaningfulImpact of “Spontaneous Volunteerism”-significantly enhanced effectiveness of meeting emergency response needs directly/indirectly-solidarity among community members enhanced by interacting/working with new groups of people during volunteerism-acts of helping to transform physical and emotional spaces of disaster site changed role from passive recipients of loss to active participants in recoveryof their communityThreat of Disasters-threats of disasters perhaps most debilitating aspect of life today-hold people hostage... fear of “what if” ruins hope for the future-sources of future disaster threats-environmental surprises-terrorismCorrosive Vs Altruistic/Therapeutic Community-corrosive:-disaster sets victims apart from rest of community-personal and group friction prohibits resourcefulness and cohesive-ness-altruistic-heightened degree of internal solidarity, overall sense of altruism-long term residence and high attachment predict more supportBP Gulf Coast Oil Spill1. How/why was this an example of a corrosive community?2. How did the response differ from a response to a natural disaster? Why?3. Why was this community so vulnerable, at high “risk” to this disaster?Some disasters have no end-negative mental effects can last years, decades-can influence permanent behavioral changes-financially vulnerable have more adverse reactions over long
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