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Book Title
At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
ISBN
9780415252164
Subject Area
Economic Sociology
Publication Name
At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, Geology
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
234 mm
Author
Ian Davis, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ben Wisner
Item Weight
975 g
Item Width
156 mm
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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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.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415252164
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96812410

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Number of Pages
496 Pages
Publication Name
At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, Geology
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Economic Sociology
Author
Ian Davis, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ben Wisner
Format
Paperback

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Item Height
234 mm
Item Weight
975 g
Item Width
156 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Ian Davis, Terry Cannon, Piers Blaikie, Ben Wisner

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