At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

by TerryCannon (Author), IanDavis (Author), Ben Wisner (Author), PiersM.Blaikie (Author)

Synopsis

Many disasters are a complex mix of natural hazards and human action. At Risk argues that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Published within the International Decade of Natural Hazard Reduction, this book suggests ways in which both the social and natural sciences can be analytically combined through a 'disaster pressure and release' model. Arguing that the concept of vulnerability is central to an understanding of disasters and their prevention or mitigation, the authors explore the extent and ways in which people gain access to resources. Individual chapters apply analytical concepts to famines and drought, biological hazards, floods, coastal storms, and earthquakes, volcanos and landslides - the hazards that become disasters'. Finally, the book draws practical and policy conclusions to promote a safer environment and reduce vulnerability.

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Format: Textbook Binding
Pages: 320
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 30 Jun 1994

ISBN 10: 0415084776
ISBN 13: 9780415084772