| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 236 pages) |
| Contents |
Theorizing vulnerability in a globalized world : a political ecological perspective / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- The historical geography of disaster : 'vulnerability' and 'local knowledge' in western discourse / Greg Bankoff -- The need for rethinking the concepts of vulnerability and risk from a holistic perspective : a necessary review and criticism for effective risk management / Omar D. Cardona -- Complexity and diversity : unlocking social domains of disaster response / Dorothea Hilhorst -- The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador : risk reduction and development project / Allan Lavall -- El Niño events, forecasts and decision-making / Roger S. Pulwarty, Kenneth Broad and Timothy Finan -- Vulnerable regions versus vulnerable people : an Ethiopian case study / Linda Stephen -- From vulnerability to empowerment / Annelies Heijmans -- Progress in analysis of social vulnerability and capacity / Ian Davis -- Vulnerability reduction : a task for the vulnerable people themselves / Zenaida Delica-Willison and Robin Willison -- Macro-economic concepts of vulnerability : dynamics, complexity and public policy / Charlotte Benson -- Gendering vulnerability analysis : towards a more nuanced approach / Maureen Fordham -- Assessment of capability and vulnerability / Ben Wisner -- Vulnerability analysis as a means of strengthening policy formulation and policy practice / Georg Frerks and Stephen Bender |
| Summary |
"Mapping Vulnerability, is essential reading for academics, students, policymakers and practitioners in disaster studies, geography, development studies, economics, environmental studies and sociology."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Disaster relief -- Case studies
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Natural disasters -- Case studies
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Case studies
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Political ecology -- Case studies
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Disasters.
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Disasters
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Geography
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Socioecomic Factors
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Vulnerable Populations
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disasters.
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NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Disasters
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Disaster relief
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Natural disasters
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Political ecology
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Naturkatastrophe
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Soziologie
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Umwelt
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Rampenbestrijding.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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Case studies
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bankoff, Greg
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Frerks, Georg, 1961-
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Hilhorst, Thea, 1961-
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| LC no. |
2003008344 |
| ISBN |
9781849771924 |
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1849771928 |
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9781136561627 |
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1136561625 |
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1280475927 |
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9781280475924 |
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1417542624 |
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9781417542628 |
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9781136561573 |
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1136561579 |
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9781136561610 |
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1136561617 |
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9786610475926 |
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661047592X |
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