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  • Disaster Risk Reductionby Mark Pelling; Ben Wisner

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 97.50

    Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 'At last a book that recognizes the impacts of disasters... more...

  • Towards a New Map of Africaby Camilla Toulmin; Ben Wisner

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 37.00

    'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich? or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa '05 'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how?extraordinarily diverse Africa is?and how much it?has changed... more...

  • At Riskby Ben Wisner; Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian Davis

    Routledge 2003; US$ 71.95

    The new edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. more...

  • At Riskby Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian Davis; Ben Wisner

    Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 54.95

    At Risk reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters. Establishing that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment, the book argues that disaster mitigation is rooted in the potential humans have to understand their vulnerability and to take common action. Famines and drought,... more...

  • Towards a New Map of Africaby Ben Wisner; Camilla Toulmin; Rutendo Chitiga

    Earthscan 2005; US$ 37.00

    'The big era-defining questions and at last the subtle tenable answers teased out without cliché or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford Director Africa '05 'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless hungry continent. It shows just how extraordinarily diverse Africa is and... more...

  • Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction and Managementby Ben Wisner; J.C. Gaillard; Ilan Kelman

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 240.00

    The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical... more...

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