Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System - Ruminations on a Way Forward

This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.

List of contents

Introduction.- Underlying Risk Factors.- The Social Construction of Risk.- Development and Risk.- The Poverty-Disaster Risk Nexus.- Global Capitalism and Disaster Risk.- Political Will and Governance.- The Importance of Extensive Risk.- The Invisibility of Risks.- Urbanization and Land Use.- Agribusiness and Food Security.- Environmental Degradation.- Climate Change as a Magnifier and Meta-disaster.- Conclusion.        

Summary

This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Gordy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2016
• EAN: 9783319416663
• ISBN: 978-3-31-941666-3
• No. of pages: 71
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 7 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 142 g
• Illustrations: V, 71 p.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; C, Naturkatastrophen, Climate Change, International Relations, The environment, Earth and Environmental Science, Political Economy, Meteorology and climatology, Earth System Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards, International Political Economy, Climate Change Management and Policy