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At Risk
Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability And Disasters
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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, volcanoes and landslides - the hazards that become disasters'. Finally, the book draws practical and policy conclusions to promote a safer environment and reduce vulnerability.
Taylor & Francis; June 1994
ISBN 9780203974575
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Subject categories
- Academic > Geography > Physical geography > Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain > Mountains. Orography
- Academic > Physical Geography > Natural disasters > Natural disasters
- Academic > Physical Geography > Mountains. Orography > Mountains
- Academic > Geography > Physical geography > Natural disasters
- Academic > Physical Geography > Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain
- Academic > Physics
- Political Science > Social Services & Welfare > Emergency Services
- Technology > Electronics
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9781134887088
9781134887071
9780415084765
9780203974575
0203974573