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Disaster Risk Reduction
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 97.50Published 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 Africa
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 Risk
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 54.95At 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 Africa
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 Management
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 240.00The 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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