At Risk
By:Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner
Published on 2014-01-21 by Routledge
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.
This Book was ranked at 28 by Google Books for keyword labour market 1991 edn.
Book ID of At Risk's Books is 4M6AAgAAQBAJ, Book which was written byPiers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisnerhave ETAG "9BnxQNjAhDQ"
Book which was published by Routledge since 2014-01-21 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781134528615 and ISBN 10 Code is 1134528612
Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true
Book which have "496 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryScience
This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "5.0"
This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is false
Book Preview
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar