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What would you do if a category five monster cyclone was headed your way? Drive as far as you could, as quickly as you could in the opposite direction? What if there were no cars? What if there were no roads? What if you were on a tiny island? What if there was nowhere to run to? How would you feel,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Johnston, Ingrid (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
Sujets:
Emergency management > Oceania.
Disaster relief > Oceania.
Sustainable development > Oceania.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Océanie.
Développement durable > Océanie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
Disaster relief.
Emergency management.
Sustainable development.
Oceania.
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Table des matières:
  • Cyclones and the policy responses
  • Key research themes
  • The study
  • Experiences of disasters
  • Warning signs of cyclones
  • Disaster aid and relief
  • Governance and co-ordination
  • Expectations and dependency
  • Issues of remoteness
  • Perceptions of changes needed for the future
  • Issues of adaptive capacity of disaster response systems in Fiji and Tonga
  • Conclusions.

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