Emergencies and their impact on the social well-being of the population

Authors

  • G. O. Abdikerova Әл-Фараби атындағы Қазақ ұлттық университеті
  • A. T. Omarova Әл-Фараби атындағы Қазақ ұлттық университеті

Keywords:

landscape, emergency, disaster, accident, extreme situation, natural, technogenic and sociogenic situations, risk, social well-being, social well-being measurement.

Abstract

This article is considered the influence the emergency situation on the social well-being of people. Social well-being is assessed as an indicator of sustainable development of society. By authors’ definition the emergency situation (Emergencies) is the situation in a certain territory that has developed as a result of an accident, natural hazard, catastrophes, natural or other disasters, which can entail a loss of life, damage to human health or the environment, considerable material losses and violation of the conditions of human activity. One of the most relevant aspects of the sociological analysis of contemporary trends of social development is the study of social well-being of people as their generalized emotional and evaluative reactions to social change and their situation in a transformed society, including Emergency Situations of technogenic and natural character. An urgent need to constant monitoring of social well-being of the population in the conditions of a transformed society and an inadequately study of this problem led to the main task of this work.

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Published

2014-12-28