At Risk - 2nd Edition

Informationen zum Autor Piers Blaikie, Terry Canon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner Klappentext The second edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published, and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. Zusammenfassung The second edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published, and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Framework and Theory 1. The Challenge of Disasters and Our Approach 2. Disaster Pressure and Release Model 3. Access to Resources and Coping in Adversity Part 2: Vulnerability and Hazard Types 4. Famine and Natural Hazards 5. Biological Hazards 6. Floods 7. Severe Coastal Storms 8. Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Landslides Part 3: Action for Disaster Reduction 9. Vulnerability, Relief and Reconstruction 10. Towards a Safer Environment

Product details

• Authors: P. Blaikie, Piers Blaikie, Blaikie Piers, T. Cannon, Terry Cannon, I. Davis, Ian Davis, B. Wisner, Ben Wisner, Wisner Ben
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415252164
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25216-4
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Social impact of environmental issues, Social impact of disasters, Earth Sciences, Natural disasters, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)