Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people /

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"Mapping Vulnerability, is essential reading for academics, students, policymakers and practitioners in disaster studies, geography, development studies, economics, environmental studies and sociology."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bankoff, Greg, Frerks, Georg, 1961-, Hilhorst, Thea, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2004.
Temas:
Disaster relief > Case studies.
Natural disasters > Case studies.
Human beings > Effect of environment on > Case studies.
Political ecology > Case studies.
Disasters.
Disasters
Geography
Socioecomic Factors
Vulnerable Populations
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Études de cas.
Catastrophes naturelles > Études de cas.
Êtres humains > Influence de l'environnement > Études de cas.
Écologie politique > Études de cas.
Catastrophes.
disasters.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Disaster relief
Human beings > Effect of environment on
Natural disasters
Political ecology
Naturkatastrophe
Soziologie
Umwelt
Rampenbestrijding.
Electronic book.
Case studies
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theorizing vulnerability in a globalized world : a political ecological perspective / Anthony Oliver-Smith
  • The historical geography of disaster : 'vulnerability' and 'local knowledge' in western discourse / Greg Bankoff
  • The need for rethinking the concepts of vulnerability and risk from a holistic perspective : a necessary review and criticism for effective risk management / Omar D. Cardona
  • Complexity and diversity : unlocking social domains of disaster response / Dorothea Hilhorst
  • The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador : risk reduction and development project / Allan Lavall
  • El Niño events, forecasts and decision-making / Roger S. Pulwarty, Kenneth Broad and Timothy Finan
  • Vulnerable regions versus vulnerable people : an Ethiopian case study / Linda Stephen
  • From vulnerability to empowerment / Annelies Heijmans
  • Progress in analysis of social vulnerability and capacity / Ian Davis
  • Vulnerability reduction : a task for the vulnerable people themselves / Zenaida Delica-Willison and Robin Willison
  • Macro-economic concepts of vulnerability : dynamics, complexity and public policy / Charlotte Benson
  • Gendering vulnerability analysis : towards a more nuanced approach / Maureen Fordham
  • Assessment of capability and vulnerability / Ben Wisner
  • Vulnerability analysis as a means of strengthening policy formulation and policy practice / Georg Frerks and Stephen Bender.

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