Peter Winchester

Power, Choice and Vulnerability

A Case Study in Disaster Mismanagement in South India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781873936054
• ISBN-10: 1873936052
• Artikelnr.: 33946207

Autorenporträt

Peter Winchester worked for many years as an architect, during which time he became involved with housing in the developing world. The lack of understanding often shown by his profession in the social and political contexts in which they worked promoted his move into academic research. He now works as a consultant for the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex Polytechnic in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Cyclone Mitigation Policy
A Conceptual Model of Vulnerability
The Study Area and the Fieldwork Programme
The Cyclone of 1977 and Changes in Divi Seema 1977-78
Testing the Model
The Most Vulnerable households
Golden Rules for Disaster Management
Bibliography
Appendices
Index