Disaster Risk and Vulnerability : Mitigation Through Mobilizing Communities and Partnerships [1 ed.] 9780773583825, 9780773545298

From the Asian tsunami of 2004 to hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, our century has been frau

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Disaster Risk and Vulnerability : Mitigation Through Mobilizing Communities and Partnerships [1 ed.]
9780773583825, 9780773545298

Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- Section I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Conc

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Providing an overview and commentary on ways in which sociologists seek to understand the 'risk society', this

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In 2007, a three-story-high tsunami slammed the small island of Simbo in the western Solomon Islands. Drawing on over te

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In 2007, a tsunami slammed a small island in the western Solomon Islands, wreaking havoc on its coastal communities and

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This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in t

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Vidarbha – a major cotton growing region in central India has been the epicentre of a protracted agrarian crisis. Chroni

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This book presents a case study-based analysis of the consequences of external interventions, critically evaluating them

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Integrated Disaster Science and Management: Global Case Studies in Mitigation and Recovery bridges the gap between scien

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This book provides insight on how disaster risk management can increase the resilience of society to various natural haz

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