Risks and Conflicts: Local Responses to Natural Disasters (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management): v.14 (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 14)

by Andreas Neef (Editor), Andreas Neef (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2013

  $181.89

  This book analyzes the role of local responses to natural disasters and conflict. Key issues such as the relationship between local and external knowledge in addressing disasters, the relevance of institutional and policy frameworks for community-based disaster response and the role of social capital and collective action are also addressed.