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Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival (eBook, PDF)

Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation

Redaktion: Companion, Michele

Beschreibung

Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners. However, a vital area of disaster research is consistently underemphasized. Little is written about the immediate and long-term impacts on a community's livelihood systems and the customs and practices of the culture affected. Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural S

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Autor

Michèle Companion is an associate professor at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. She has worked extensively as a food and livelihood security consultant to international humanitarian aid organizations across Africa. Her current work in this area focuses on the expansion of food security indicators to increase local sensitivity to food crisis triggers. She has also researched Native American reservation and urban nutritional dynamics, including impacts of low-income diets on overall health and food security issues. She has been looking at cultural barriers to healthy eating among low-income urban Indian populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482248449
• Artikelnr.: 42510636