Disasters, Development and Environment
Published on 12. August 1994
Book
Hardback
182 pages
978-0-471-94993-0 (ISBN)
Description
Natural disasters and their harrowing human impact hit the headlines with seemingly increasing frequency, yet despite the dramatic immediacy of earthquake, flood, famine, drought or pandemic, it is often inadequate planning or response to the disaster that causes the real crises of human suffering. This collection of essays explores the institutional and managerial problems of coping with disasters within a political economy framework, with case studies of disaster, control and management mainly in Africa, South America and Asia. Emphasis is placed on vulnerability to natural disasters and the mitigation of suffering and economic and environmental loss by sustainable control, appropriate forecasting and impact reduction measures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94993-0 (9780471949930)
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Content
The Exceptional and the Everyday - Vulnerability Analysis in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; Vulnerability Analysis and the Explanation of Natural Disasters; Peru's 500-Year Earthquake - Vulnerability in Historical Context; Prevention and Mitigation of Disasters in Central America - Vulnerability to Disasters at the Local Level; Vulnerability and Responses to Riverine Hazards in Bangladesh - a Bangladesh Case Study; Political Responses to Flood Disaster - the Example of Rio de Janeiro; Disaster Mitigation as a Crisis of Paradigms - Reconstructing After the Alto Mayo Earthquake, Peru; Education for Sustainable Development - a Long-Term Strategy for Famine Prevention in Ethiopia; AIDS as a Long Wave Disaster.