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Understanding Flood Preparedness

Flood Memories, Social Vulnerability and Risk Communication in Southern Poland

By: Jarosław Działek,Wojciech Biernacki,Roman Konieczny,Łukasz Fiedeń,Paweł Franczak,Karolina Grzeszna,Karolina Listwan-Franczak

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Understanding Flood Preparedness

Flood Memories, Social Vulnerability and Risk Communication in Southern Poland

By: Jarosław Działek,Wojciech Biernacki,Roman Konieczny,Łukasz Fiedeń,Paweł Franczak,Karolina Grzeszna,Karolina Listwan-Franczak

The book looks at the factors influencing the level of preparedness of communities exposed to flooding. It is based on original research carried out in twelve areas in southern Poland that suffered serious flood damage in the past thirty years. The underlying research was intended, on the one hand, to verify modern concepts explaining the behaviour of people who were exposed to natural hazards and, on the other, to explore the influence of the local natural, social, historical and economic contexts that could modify that behaviour. The book has three main threads: the social memory of floods and their image as it evolves in time; the influence of social and economic conditions (social vulnerability) on the preparedness to take on flood mitigation measures; and the role of risk communication in strengthening flood resilience. The main body of the work is based on 1) surveys carried out among the flood-affected population and members of local crisis services, 2) interviews with the flood-affected population and with members of administration and services (Police, Fire Dept.) with a history of rescue missions, and 3) an analysis of social media content and of local administration and government agency websites and land-use planning documents. The primary data collected by the authors was supplemented by statistics on the impact of floods occurring in the study areas. The data is presented in tables, graphs and maps for easier comprehension. The book is aimed at researchers and students, as well as at practitioners interested in risk perception, flood memories, social vulnerability & resilience studies, social capacity building, risk communication & education.

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Springer

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3030045943

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9783030045944

Poland, Soviet Union, Russia

From past through memory to politics

By: Przemysław Adamczewski,Wojciech Materski,Piotr Madajczyk,Grzegorz Motyka,Krzysztof Persak,Andrzej Paczkowski,Tomasz Stryjek,Konrad Świder

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Poland, Soviet Union, Russia

From past through memory to politics

By: Przemysław Adamczewski,Wojciech Materski,Piotr Madajczyk,Grzegorz Motyka,Krzysztof Persak,Andrzej Paczkowski,Tomasz Stryjek,Konrad Świder

This book contains an overview of many publications by employees of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in the field of Eastern studies. We have selected texts on the recent history of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and communist rule, as well as contemporary Russia and Polish-Russian relations. By making these available to English-speaking readers, on the one hand, we want to present a small part, due to limited space, of the Eastern studies conducted by the Institute and, on the other, pay tribute to their distinguished representative, Richard Pipes. In 2019, according to the last will of this historian, scholar and sovietologist, who died on 18 May 2018, the Institute received his book collection of over three and a half thousand items, mainly concerning Russia and the Soviet Union. These are works of high scientific rank that the scholar collected for over half a century. Acquiring the book collection was the first step towards establishing the Professor Richard Pipes Laboratory. This was possible thanks to funding obtained by the Institute at the end of 2019 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of the Dialogue programme.

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The Institute of Political Studies Polish Academy of Sciences

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8366819019

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9788366819016

Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

By: Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman

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Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

By: Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman

Drawing on newly accessible archives as well as memoirs and other sources, this biographical dictionary documents the lives of some two thousand notable figures in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe. A unique compendium of information that is not currently available in any other single resource, the dictionary provides concise profiles of the region's most important historical and cultural actors, from Ivo Andric to King Zog. Coverage includes Albania, Belarus, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Moldova, Ukraine, and the countries that made up Yugoslavia.

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