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Author : United Nations Centre for Regional Development
Release : 1994
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies by : United Nations Centre for Regional Development
Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies written by United Nations Centre for Regional Development. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Monte Smith
Release : 1995-11
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies by : Monte Smith
Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies written by Monte Smith. This book was released on 1995-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers natural disaster risk in modern societies and policies for natural disaster reduction in modern societies. Topics include: disaster management in metropolitan areas, urban environmental degradation and vulnerability to disasters, use of mobile satellite communications in disaster management mitigation, application of satellite remote sensing for natural disaster reduction in developing countries, role of non-life insurance in disaster management systems, and much more. Photos, charts and tables.
Author : Bas van Bavel
Release : 2020-10-22
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Disasters and History by : Bas van Bavel
Download or read book Disasters and History written by Bas van Bavel. This book was released on 2020-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to social groups, ethnicity and gender. They also demonstrate how studying past disasters, including earthquakes, droughts, floods and epidemics, can provide a lens through which to understand the social, economic and political functioning of past societies and reveal features of a society which may otherwise remain hidden from view. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author : Hideki Kaji
Release : 1994
Genre : Emergency management
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies, 24 May 1994 by : Hideki Kaji
Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies, 24 May 1994 written by Hideki Kaji. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Piers Blaikie
Release : 2014-01-21
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis At Risk by : Piers Blaikie
Download or read book At Risk written by Piers Blaikie. This book was released on 2014-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
