Background
Bates, Frederick L. was born on December 2, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
(Because most environmental problems result from human int...)
Because most environmental problems result from human intervention in the ecosystem, ecological research in the social sciences is now joining research in the biological and physical sciences as a means of addressing long-range problems. Within this type of social science research, this book claims, no problem is more important than the investigation of disaster. To assess the impact of sudden cataclysms on the living conditions of families or communities, scientists need a set of pretested, standardised measures that can be used cross-culturally. Once a disaster strikes, investigators are often faced with insufficient tools for assessing its impact and for evaluating whether aid programmes have enabled households to recover or improve their conditions. In this book, the authors introduce and describe a measure - the Domestic Assets Scale - that they have developed to deal with these research problems. They first present theoretical arguments that relate conditions to the concepts of disaster and development; they then show how the measure was constructed with the use of data collected in sample communities in Italy, Mexico, Peru, Turkey, the United States and Yugoslavia. Throughout these discussions, they emphasise the practical application of their theoretical arguments and address the research problems and constraints faced by investigators using the procedure. Finally, they assess the validity and reliability of the Domestic Assets Scale and show how it can be used to measure long-term change, especially in the wake of catastrophic events.
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Bates, Frederick L. was born on December 2, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor in Sociology, George Washington University, 1949. Master of Arts in sociology, George Washington University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology with commendation, University North Carolina, 1954.
Research fellow/research associate, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1951-1954; assistant professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1954-1956; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1956-1957; associate professor/professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1957-1963; professor sociology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1963-1992; head department sociology and anthropology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1963-1972; director International Laboratory of Sociopolit. Ecology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1988-1992; co-director Center for Study of Global Issues, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1993.
(Because most environmental problems result from human int...)
( Because most environmental problems result from human i...)
With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow Institute for Research in Social Science. Member American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Society (president 1973-1974), Georgia Sociological Association (president 1983-1984), International Sociological Association, Alpha Kappa Delta, Pi gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi.
Son of Alvaro robert and Ruth C. Bates. Married Hettie Dowtin, July 13, 1946. Children: James Frederick, Robert Mark.