The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation [1 ed.] 9780309570770, 9780309063944

A Safer Future : Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters [1 ed.] 9780309597753, 9780309045469

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the Un

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Natural Disasters 9780744076974, 0744076978

A thorough guide to the dynamic natural phenomena across our planet. Be it raging floods or the outbreak of infectious d

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The Demography of Disasters: Impacts for Population and Place [1st ed.] 9783030499198, 9783030499204

This open access book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography and d

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YOU CAN SURVIVE the Very Worst Manmade and Natural Disasters: A Handbook for Self-Reliance 9780938326304

Now America's foremost survival author gives you and your loved ones the tips and secrets you’ll need to prevail in

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YOU CAN SURVIVE the Very Worst Manmade and Natural Disasters: A Handbook for Self-Reliance 9780938326304

Now America's foremost survival author gives you and your loved ones the tips and secrets you’ll need to prevail in

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Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss 9781571319876

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Understanding the Negative Impacts of Rigid Instituional Framework on Community Development Projects: A Case From Bangladesh

Most The goal of this article is to analyse the participatory process of development projects. Drawing upon my professional experience in a project called Pre-Poor Slum Intergration Project (PPSIP) which was based in Comilla, Bangladesh - I argue that development projects dominated by rigid power structures inside and in-between institutions inhibits community participation that reflects the actual need of the beneficiary group; and as happened in this case, produce results that do not serve the people in real need but rather only serve the purpose of the institutions that manage the project, more so the institutions having higher degrees of power. In this article I try to combine insights gained from our field experience and literature study on post-politics and power in planning in order to sketch out the stakeholder institutions' interest, capacity and enrolment in order to understand how socio-relational dynamics as opposed to technical procedures shaped the project. In this project participation from the community was ritualistic- serving only a face-value, the operational team on the field were devoid of power to take important decisions or challenge the institutional framework that they were part of, and at the same time institutions with higher degrees of decision making power were not sufficiently involved with the realities of the field. I conclude that in order to make participatory process really work, involved institutions should not limit their efforts in repetitive consensus building exercises based on pre-conceived ideas and traditional methods of community development. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(2), 156-165. Doi:10.25034/ijcua.2018.4712

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Fiscal Resilience to Natural Disasters 9789264537002, 9264537007

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Disasters by Design : A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States [1 ed.] 9780309063609

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A Framework for the Good 9780268084646, 9780268033309

This book provides an ethical framework for understanding the good and how we can experience it in increasing measure. I

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