Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System
Ruminations on a Way Forward
Published on 20. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
V, 71 pages
978-3-319-41666-3 (ISBN)
Description
This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
V, 71 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
137 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-41666-3 (9783319416663)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-41667-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
07/2016
Springer
€53.49
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Content
Introduction.- Underlying Risk Factors.- The Social Construction of Risk.- Development and Risk.- The Poverty-Disaster Risk Nexus.- Global Capitalism and Disaster Risk.- Political Will and Governance.- The Importance of Extensive Risk.- The Invisibility of Risks.- Urbanization and Land Use.- Agribusiness and Food Security.- Environmental Degradation.- Climate Change as a Magnifier and Meta-disaster.- Conclusion.