At Risk - Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Piers Blaikie, Blaikie Piers, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis, Wisner Ben
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415252157
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25215-7
• No. of pages: 492
• Weight: 900 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: 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)