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More with less : disasters in an era of diminishing resources /
"Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race. Global warming may cause whole island states to be submerged as th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | International humanitarian affairs (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Globalization, growth, poverty, governance, and humanitarian assistance / Dominick Salvatore
- WFP : organizational maintenance in uncertain times / Masood Hyder
- Disasters : a nation's experience in an economic recession / Ronan Murphy
- What can modern society learn from Indigenous resiliency? / Margareta Wahlstrom
- Providing for the most vulnerable in the twenty-first century / Flavia Bustreo
- Noncommunicable diseases and the new global health / Thomas J. Bollyky
- Humanitarian response in the era of global mobile information technology / Valerie Amos
- Disasters and the media / Jeremy Toye
- Toward a culture of safety and resilience / Irina Bokova
- Education and disaster management / Kevin M. Cahill and Alexander van Tulleken
- Capitalizing on travel and tourism in preparing for trouble / Richard Gordon
- Business in an age of emergency / Richard Branson
- An Afghan media tale / Thomas Freston
- Terror, transformed : a financier's journey into social entrepreneurship / Michael Pollack.