More with less : disasters in an era of diminishing resources /

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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 the ocea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation
Otros Autores: Cahill, Kevin M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Colección:International humanitarian affairs
Temas:
International relief.
Disaster relief.
Humanitarian assistance.
Relief Work
Secours international.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
Aide humanitaire.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
Disaster relief
Humanitarian assistance
International relief
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.
  • Preparedness 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
  • Response Providing for the Most Vulnerable in the Twenty-First Century / Flavia Bustreo, M.D.
  • 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, M.D., and Alexander van Tulleken, M.D.
  • Entrepreneurial Approaches 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
  • Capitalizing on Travel and Tourism in Preparing for Trouble Business in an Age of Emergency
  • An Afghan Media Tale
  • Terror, Transformed
  • NOTES
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs
  • INDEX

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