In Looking At Natural Disasters, This Book Also Refines The Human Security Approach. It Does So Through Developing Its Previously Unexplored Interdisciplinary Potential. This Volume Explicitly Seeks To Bring The Human Security Approach Into Conversation With Contributions From A Range Of Disciplines: Development, Disaster Sociology, Gender Studies, International Law, International Relations, Philosophy And Public Health. Collectively These Scholars Unpack The 'human' Element Of 'natural' Disasters. In Doing So, An Emphasis Is Placed On How Pre-existing Vulnerabilities Can Be Gravely Worsened, As Well As The Interconnected Nature Of Human Security Threats. The Book Presents A Variety Of Case Studies That Include The Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, The 2010 Haiti Earthquake And The 2011 'triple Disaster' In Japan. -- Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Incorporating Natural Disasters Into The Human Security Agenda / Christopher Hobson -- Human Security -- Applying A Human Security Approach To Natural Disasters -- Human Security Threats After Natural Disasters -- Chapter Outlines -- Bibliography -- 2. Human Security After The Shock: Vulnerability And Empowerment / Christopher Hobson -- Introduction -- Human Security: In Need Of Rescue? -- Applying A Human Security Framework To Natural Disasters -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3. Human Security And Disasters: What A Gender Lens Offers / Elaine Enarson -- Whose Security? Gender Concerns In Security And Disaster Discourse -- The State Of The Art: Gender, Disaster, And Climate -- Human Security And Gender Equality: Hard-won Lessons From Disasters -- Livelihood Security -- Housing Security Food Security -- Health And Personal Security -- Women's Empowerment, Disaster Recovery, And Human Security -- Sustaining Gendered Security Advances -- What A Gender Lens Brings To Human Security And Disaster Analysis -- Bibliography -- 4. The Ethics Of Disaster And Hurricane Katrina: Human Security, Homeland Security, And Women