Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner

At Risk (eBook, ePUB)

Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135642792
• Artikelnr.: 68258557

Autorenporträt

Piers Blaikie, Terry Canon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner

Inhaltsangabe

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