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Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
By Ben Wisner
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Description
Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors.
The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
914
Release Date:
2011-12-22
Publication Date:
2011-12-22
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0415523257
ISBN13:
9780415523257
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Weight:
1592 g
Height:
174 cm
Width:
246 cm
Thickness:
48 cm
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