Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System
Ruminations on a Way Forward
Seiten
2016
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1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-41666-3 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-41666-3 (ISBN)
This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
Introduction.- Underlying Risk Factors.- The Social Construction of Risk.- Development and Risk.- The Poverty-Disaster Risk Nexus.- Global Capitalism and Disaster Risk.- Political Will and Governance.- The Importance of Extensive Risk.- The Invisibility of Risks.- Urbanization and Land Use.- Agribusiness and Food Security.- Environmental Degradation.- Climate Change as a Magnifier and Meta-disaster.- Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | V, 71 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | climate change • Climate Change Management • Climate Change Management and Policy • Climate Change Related Natural Disasters • disaster risk reduction • Earth and Environmental Science • Holistic analysis of natural disasters • Natural Hazards • Political Economy • UNISDR • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-41666-9 / 3319416669 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-41666-3 / 9783319416663 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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