Alexander, DE;
(2015)
Disability and disaster: an overview.
In: Kelman, I and Stough, L, (eds.)
Disability and Disaster: Explorations and Exchanges.
(pp. 15-29).
Palgrave Macmillan UK: Basingstoke, UK.
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Abstract
In most countries, people with disabilities make up between 10 and 20 percent of the population; depending on how disability is classified (WHO, 2011), statistics show 7–10 percent of the world’s population as having disabilities, but it is likely that many remain uncounted, especially among the elderly. In emergencies, people with disabilities may encounter physical barriers, obstacles to communication, and other barriers to accessing essential services. Hence, they may easily suffer greater discrimination, as well as lower levels of protection against disaster, than those offered to people without disabilities.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Disability and disaster: an overview |
| ISBN-13: | 9781349695164 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9781137486004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137486004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Ilan Kelman and Laura M. Stough, 2015. First published in 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1425668 |
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