Dynamics of Disaster
Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery
Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting forces, and the role of power, knowledge and organizations. This book sheds new light on these dynamics, and gives disaster scholars and practitioners new and valuable lessons for management and planning in practice. The authors draw on methods across the social sciences to examine disaster response and recovery as viewed by those in positions of aut…
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Weitere Autoren: Dowty Beech, Rachel A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-134-07345-0
- EAN: 9781134073450
- Produktnummer: 16941943
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'724 KB
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Rachel A. Dowty is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Louisiana State University, USA Barbara L. Allen is an associate professor and the director of the graduate program in Science, Technology and Society (STS) at Virginia Tech, USA
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