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Mobile Commons, Migrant Digitalities and the Right to the City (Hardcover): N. Trimikliniotis, D. Parsanoglou, V. Tsianos Mobile Commons, Migrant Digitalities and the Right to the City (Hardcover)
N. Trimikliniotis, D. Parsanoglou, V. Tsianos
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the relationship between urban migrant movements, struggles and digitality which transforms public space and generates mobile commons. The authors explore heterogeneous digital forms in the context migration, border-crossing and transnational activism, displaying commonality patterns and inter-dependence.

Leading to Disaster (Hardcover): Scott Macaulay Leading to Disaster (Hardcover)
Scott Macaulay
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Disastro! Disasters in Italy Since 1860 - Culture, Politics, Society (Hardcover, New): J. Dickie, J. Foot, F. Snowden Disastro! Disasters in Italy Since 1860 - Culture, Politics, Society (Hardcover, New)
J. Dickie, J. Foot, F. Snowden
R2,886 Discovery Miles 28 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is no European society whose modern history has been more deeply marked by disasters, both natural and social, than has Italy’s. Disasters whether epidemics, earthquakes, floods, war, or terrorism—test the social fabric and the political system to their limits, as survival and rebuilding draw on the deepest cultural reserves. This book brings together new research on all aspects of the Italian experience of disaster from unification to the present day. It book is a significant contribution both to the understanding of Italian history, and to the study of the impact of disasters on society.

Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters - Standards for States under International Law (Paperback): Stefanie... Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters - Standards for States under International Law (Paperback)
Stefanie Jansen-Wilhelm
R1,820 Discovery Miles 18 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disasters have a devastating effect on the lives of people. The occurrence of a disaster can kill thousands in an instance, injure many others, damage homes and destroy livelihoods. It is of essential importance that the response to a disaster is as effective and adequate as possible to limit and alleviate the suffering of disaster survivors. To this end, affected states can make use of offers of humanitarian assistance made by other states, international (humanitarian) organisations and NGOs. Such international assistance is vital for the effective response to a disaster when the affected state is unable (or unwilling) to respond adequately. When in such cases the affected state refuses to accept international humanitarian assistance, the disaster survivors suffer the consequences.Within public international law there are no legally binding instruments dealing explicitly with the obligations of states in the aftermath of disasters. Rather, a variety of sources can be used as pieces of a puzzle determining to what extent states have an obligation to accept international humanitarian assistance in disaster settings. In the first part of this book, these pieces of the puzzle are put together to create a legal framework explaining the steps an affected state must take in seeking and accepting humanitarian assistance. It becomes clear from the application of this framework that detail is lacking to make the framework of practical use. The needs which disaster survivors are usually deprived of (shelter, food, water and access to basic healthcare) are laid down as human rights in the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The second part of the book will use this human rights instrument to concretise the legal framework, as such setting standards determining when an affected state must accept international humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a disaster.

Poverty in Haiti - Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects (Hardcover): M. Lundahl Poverty in Haiti - Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects (Hardcover)
M. Lundahl
R1,533 Discovery Miles 15 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future.

Emergency and Disaster Management - Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, VOL 1 (Hardcover): Information Reso... Emergency and Disaster Management - Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, VOL 1 (Hardcover)
Information Reso Management Association
R8,670 Discovery Miles 86 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Viral Lobbying - Strategies, Access and Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Hardcover): Michele Crepaz, Wiebke Marie Junk,... Viral Lobbying - Strategies, Access and Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Hardcover)
Michele Crepaz, Wiebke Marie Junk, Marcel Hanegraaff, Joost Berkhout
R2,338 Discovery Miles 23 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Pandemic policies have been the focus of fierce lobbying competition by different social and economic interests. In Viral Lobbying a team of expert authors from across the social and natural sciences analyse patterns in and implications of this 'viral lobbying'. Based on elite surveys and focus group interviews with selected groups, the book provides new evidence on the lobbying strategies used during the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as the resulting access to and lobbying influence on public policy. The empirical analyses reach across eight European countries (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom), as well as the EU-level. In particular, the book draws on responses from approximately 1,600 interest organisations in two waves of a cross-country survey (in 2020 and 2021, respectively). This quantitative data is supplemented by qualitative evidence from a series of 12 focus groups with organised interests in Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands conducted in spring 2021.

Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards - Preparedness Studies (Hardcover): Mohammed I. El-Sabh, Srinivasan Venkatesh, Cinna... Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards - Preparedness Studies (Hardcover)
Mohammed I. El-Sabh, Srinivasan Venkatesh, Cinna Lomnitz, Tad S. Murty
R2,461 Discovery Miles 24 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards contains a selection of papers that were presented as part of the Sixth International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazards (HAZARDS-96) held in Toronto, Canada during July, 1996. The Symposium was very timely, given the large number of natural disasters that have occurred in various parts of the world during the 1990s, the United Nations' International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). The human reaction to these disasters has varied widely from one event to the next and the economic and social costs have been immense with damage running into billions of dollars. Having in everyone's mind the Northridge, California (1994) and the Kobe, Japan (1995) earthquakes, the volcanoes in the Philippines, the cyclones and related storm surges in Bangladesh, and the floods in North America and Europe caused by heavy rains, the Symposium attracted more than one hundred papers covering various aspects of these events. The eleven papers included in this volume deal with the scientific and management issues of those earthquakes and atmospheric hazards that occurred during the late 1990s, with emphasis on the preparedness aspects. A summary report of the HAZARDS-96 Symposium and recommendations adopted by the participants is also included. Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards forms an excellent reference for scientists, students, engineers, the insurance industry, authorities specializing in public safety and natural hazards preparedness and mitigation plans.

People's Response to Disasters in the Philippines - Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience (Hardcover): J. Gaillard People's Response to Disasters in the Philippines - Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience (Hardcover)
J. Gaillard
R2,145 R1,823 Discovery Miles 18 230 Save R322 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards.

Exploring Risk Communication (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): J. M. Gutteling, O Wiegman Exploring Risk Communication (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
J. M. Gutteling, O Wiegman
R3,001 Discovery Miles 30 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk communication. Risk communication is seen by many as an important tool for managing technological, environmental, and natural risks. The book's goal is to improve risk communication processes in these areas between private and public risk communication sources and the public. The systematic planning approach focuses on research activities which are considered to be diagnostic tools providing insight into the public's reactions to risks and into the public's cognitive abilities to process risk information. These studies give us the necessary ingredients for an adequate risk communication from the audience side of the risk communication process. Evaluation studies are considered necessary to monitor the effectiveness of the communication. Exploring Risk Communication provides a review of current research in risk communication, focusing on perceived trust and credibility of risk communication sources, and arguments in risk messages, risk comparison, and framing of risk. Special attention is paid to the mass media context of risks and its impact on public perception. Finally, the potential of the new interactive media for risk communication is reviewed. The authors have performed several communication studies in the risk area, working from their social psychological background. This results in a monograph interesting to those working on risk communication issues on an academic level, but the systematic planning approach is also a useful frame of reference for risk communication practitioners, or for those who are just interested in the often complex risk communication issues.

Land-Based and Marine Hazards - Scientific and Management Issues (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): Mohammed I. El-Sabh, Srinivasan... Land-Based and Marine Hazards - Scientific and Management Issues (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Mohammed I. El-Sabh, Srinivasan Venkatesh, H. Denis, Tad S. Murty
R4,390 Discovery Miles 43 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Causes of major disasters are many and diverse, and the risks associated with them endanger human lives, property, the environment, the economy, and even the country's political and social well-being. It is clear that, with rapid population growth, environmental degradation, climate change, poorly regulated industries, and continued economic uncertainty, the chances are that communities may become more vulnerable to disasters. The dramatic losses in recent years from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, wildland fires, droughts and floods, cyclones and storm surges attest to the fact that we are still a long way from applying even the knowledge we have today to make communities safe. Tackling this problem requires a sound evaluation of disaster mitigation policies and tools. As a contribution to the International Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction (IDNDR), the fifth international symposium HAZARDS-93 was held in Qingdao, P.R. China on 29 August - 3 September, 1993. China is a country frequently hit by almost all kinds of disasters. Its history is one of combating natural disasters and working towards their reduction. More than 250 scientists, engineers and government officials from 20 countries met for the purpose of engaging in a free exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas regarding the scientific and socio-economic aspects of mitigating losses from natural and man- made disasters. A total of 180 papers were presented at 28 sessions covering a very broad range of topics related to disaster management. The twenty-one articles included in this book deal with the scientific and management issues of land-based and marine hazards which cause the most severe economic losses, deaths and environmental degradation in many parts of the world. The book also includes specific recommendations addressed to the IDNDR Secretariat, national governments and scientific experts to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster management. Thus, Land-Based and Marine Hazards: Scientific and Management Issues forms an excellent reference for scientists, engineers, policy-makers and the insurance industry.

The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Thomas Glade, Paola Albini, Felix Frances The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Thomas Glade, Paola Albini, Felix Frances
R4,366 Discovery Miles 43 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular in terms of property damage or loss oflife caused by these hazards -resulted in an increase of hazard awareness at a societal level. This increase in public awareness has often been misconstrued as an indication that natural hazards have been occurring more frequently with higher magnitudes in recent years/decades, thus causing more damage than in the past. It is still under debate, however, to which extent recent increases in damage can be related to changing frequencies of natural processes, or whether catastrophic events occur at similar rates as they always had. If the latter is the case, the reason for a greater damage can be related to dramatic population growth over the last century, with a substantial augmentation of population density in some regions. Indeed, the implications are more server in underdeveloped and developing countries, where urbanisation has increasingly occurred in hazard prone areas such as coastal zones, alluvial river plains and steep slopes, thus causing an increase in the exposure to natural hazards. Some groups of society in wealthy countries accept higher risks in order to live directly on top of a cliff or on a steep slope to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape.

Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): Yasuhide Okuyama, Stephanie E. Chang Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Yasuhide Okuyama, Stephanie E. Chang
R5,122 R4,380 Discovery Miles 43 800 Save R742 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is dedicated to the memory of Barclay G. Jones, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Regional Science at Cornell University. Over a decade ago, Barclay took on a fledgling area of study - economic modeling of disasters - and nurtured its early development. He served as the social science program director at the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), a university consortium sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States. In this capacity, Barclay shepherded and attracted a number of regional scientists to the study of disasters. He organized a conference, held in the ill-fated World Trade Center in September 1995, on "The Economic Consequences of Earthquakes: Preparing for the Unexpected. " He persistently advocated the importance of social science research in an establishment dominated by less-than-sympathetic natural scientists and engineers. In 1993, Barclay organized the first of a series of sessions on "Measuring Regional Economic Effects of Unscheduled Events" at the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). This unusual nomenclature brought attention to the challenge that disasters -largely unanticipated, often sudden, and always disorderly - pose to the regional science modeling tradition. The sessions provided an annual forum for a growing coalition of researchers, where previously the literature had been fragmentary, scattered, and episodic. Since Barclay's unexpected passing in 1997, we have continued this effort in his tradition.

Disasters, Risks and Revelation - Making Sense of Our Times (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Steve Matthewman Disasters, Risks and Revelation - Making Sense of Our Times (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Steve Matthewman
R2,976 Discovery Miles 29 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster research and social theory, this book offers a critical examination of their causes, consequences and future avoidance.

Unsafety - Disaster Management, Organizational Accidents, and Crisis Sciences for Sustainability (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016):... Unsafety - Disaster Management, Organizational Accidents, and Crisis Sciences for Sustainability (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Shigeo Atsuji
R4,716 Discovery Miles 47 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book to examine the linkages among natural and organizational accidents and disasters in the modern era and clarifies the mechanisms involved and the significance of emerging problems, from the aging of vital infrastructure for the supply of water, gas, oil, and electricity to the breakdown of pensions, healthcare, and other social systems. The book demonstrates how we might check the underlying civilizational collapse and then explore translational systems approaches toward resilient management and policy for sustainability. In Unsafety, the author focuses on the kinds of unnatural disasters and organizational accidents that arise as repercussions of natural hazards. Japan serves as an example, where earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons are common, with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as an outstanding case of this link between natural disasters and organizational accidents. Natural and human-made disasters happen worldwide and cause misery through loss of life; destruction of livelihoods as in agriculture, fisheries, and the manufacturing industry; and interruption of urban life. Unsafety from a disaster in one place increases uncertainty elsewhere, presenting urgent issues in all nations for individuals, organizations, regions, and the state. The author explains that one factor in the Fukushima catastrophe, which followed in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, was the latent deterioration and aging of systems at all levels from the physical to the social, leading through a chain reaction to unsought and unforeseen consequences. Here, the aging of the nuclear reactor system, the breakdown of safety management, and inappropriate instructions from the regulatory authorities combined to create the three-fold disaster, in which technological, organizational, and governmental dysfunction have been diagnosed as reflecting a "systems pathology" infecting all levels.

The Grand Alliance and Ukrainian Refugees (Hardcover): M. Dyczok The Grand Alliance and Ukrainian Refugees (Hardcover)
M. Dyczok
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study explores the role of refugees in international relations by looking at the largest involuntary migration of Ukrainians in history. Using both Western and newly-available Soviet sources it sheds light on Grand Alliance policies towards World War II Ukrainian refugees. It demonstrates how the activities of this particular group of refugees had an impact on international refugee policy and provides insight into the origins of the Cold War.

Understanding Global Crises - From Covid to Climate Change and Economic Collapse (Paperback): Thomas Sadler Understanding Global Crises - From Covid to Climate Change and Economic Collapse (Paperback)
Thomas Sadler
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Offers a holistic, interdisciplinary and internationally comparative overview of the key global crises today, which are relevant to students across many subject areas * International case studies showcase theory and empirical evidence, looking at topics like country disparities in vaccine distribution; climate disinformation; socioeconomic deprivation and covid-19; and environmental racism. * Each chapter offers chapter objectives, chapter summaries, key terms, suggested further reading, and discussion questions for solo or group study * Digital supplements include PowerPoint slides, extra case studies and an instructor guide

Not Without My Dogs - A South African's Tale Of Fleeing Ukraine (Paperback): Kobus Olivier, Hilda van Dyk Not Without My Dogs - A South African's Tale Of Fleeing Ukraine (Paperback)
Kobus Olivier, Hilda van Dyk
R280 R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Save R39 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

When the first missiles rattled Kyiv in February 2021, Kobus Olivier was ready for it. Or so the South African thought.

He knew a war was brewing when thousands of Russian troops gathered at the border, but the locals laughed it off. Fleeing alone was never an option for Kobus.

Not without my dogs tells the remarkable story of how Kobus managed to save himself and his four-legged friends. This book is a testament of the human spirit and how even in times of war, strangers lend a hand.

Dealing with Disaster in Japan - Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash (Paperback): Christopher Hood Dealing with Disaster in Japan - Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash (Paperback)
Christopher Hood
R1,308 Discovery Miles 13 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had been returning to their ancestral home for the Obon religious festival, were killed; there were only four survivors. This book tells the story of the crash, discusses the many controversial issues surrounding it, and considers why it has come to have such importance for many Japanese. It shows how the Japanese responded to the disaster: trying to comprehend how a faulty repair may have caused the crash, and the fact that rescue services took such a long time to reach the remote crash site; how the bereaved dealt with their loss; how the media in Japan and in the wider world reported the disaster; and how the disaster is remembered and commemorated. The book highlights the media coverage of anniversary events and the Japanese books and films about the crash; the very particular memorialization process in Japan, alongside Japanese attitudes to death and religion; it points out in what ways this crash both reflects typical Japanese behaviour and in what ways the crash is unique.

Forest of Struggle - Moralities of Remembrance in Upland Cambodia (Hardcover, New): Eve Monique Zucker Forest of Struggle - Moralities of Remembrance in Upland Cambodia (Hardcover, New)
Eve Monique Zucker
R1,609 Discovery Miles 16 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a village community in the highlands of Cambodia's Southwest, people struggle to rebuild their lives after nearly thirty years of war and genocide. Recovery is a tenuous process as villagers attempt to shape a future while contending with the terrible rupture of the Pol Pot era. Forest of Struggle tracks the fragile progress of restoring the bonds of community in O'Thmaa and its environs, the site of a Khmer Rouge base and battlefield for nearly three decades between 1970 and 1998. Anthropologist Eve Zucker's ethnographic fieldwork (2001-2003, 2010) uncovers the experiences of the people of O'Thmaa in the early days of the revolution, when some villagers turned on each other with lethal results. She examines memories of violence and considers the means by which relatedness and moral order are re-established, comparing O'Thmaa with villages in a neighbouring commune that suffered similar but not identical trauma. Zucker argues that those differing experiences shape present ways of healing and making the future. Events had a devastating effect on the social and moral order at the time and continue to impair the remaking of sociality and civil society today, impacting villagers' responses to changes in recent years. More positively, Zucker persuasively illustrates how Cambodians employ indigenous means to reconcile their painful memories of loss and devastation. This point is noteworthy given current debates on recovery surrounding the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Forest of Struggle offers a compelling case study that is relevant to anyone interested in post-conflict recovery, social memory, the anthropology of morality and violence, and Cambodia studies.

Homeland - The War On Terror In American Life (Hardcover): Richard Beck Homeland - The War On Terror In American Life (Hardcover)
Richard Beck
R893 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R193 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched.

For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas even as the threat of sudden mass death permeated life at home, Americans found themselves living in two worlds at the same time. In one of them, soldiers fought overseas so that nothing at home would have to change at all. In the other, life in the United States took on all kinds of unfamiliar shapes, changing people’s sense of themselves, their neighbors, and the strangers they sat next to on airplanes. In Homeland, Richard Beck delivers a gripping exploration of how much the war changed life in the United States and explains why there is no going back.

Though much has been made of the damage that Donald Trump did to the American political system, Beck argues that it was the war on terror that made Trump’s presidency possible, fueling and exacerbating a series of crises that all came to a head with his rise to power. Homeland brilliantly isolates and explores four key issues: the militarism that swept through American politics and culture; the racism and xenophobia that boiled over in much of the country; an economic crisis that, Beck convincingly argues, connects the endurance of the war on terror to at least the end of the Second World War; and a lack of accountability that produced our “impunity culture”—the government-wide inability or refusal to face consequences that has transformed how the U.S. government relates to the people it governs.

To see American life through the lens of Homeland’s sweeping argument is to understand the roots of our current condition. In its startling analysis of how the war on terror hollowed out the very idea of citizenship in the United States, Beck gives the most compelling explanation yet offered for the ongoing disintegration of America’s social, political, and cultural fabric.

Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): J Marsalek, W. Ed Watt, Evzen Zeman, Friedhelm Sieker Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
J Marsalek, W. Ed Watt, Evzen Zeman, Friedhelm Sieker
R3,134 Discovery Miles 31 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage. The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.

Extreme Hydrological Events: New Concepts for Security (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): O.F. Vasiliev, P. H. A. J. M. Van Gelder, E.J.... Extreme Hydrological Events: New Concepts for Security (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
O.F. Vasiliev, P. H. A. J. M. Van Gelder, E.J. Plate, M.V. Bolgov
R4,800 R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Save R320 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At the present time, the deepening of our understanding about the nature of extreme and catastrophic natural and man-induced events, in particular hydrologic ones, becomes very topical. This book addresses the development of advanced methods for the prediction, the estimation of occurrence probabilities and the risk related to extreme hydrological events. Reduction of the vulnerability of social, economic, and engineering systems to extreme hydrologic events and the decrease of their effects on such systems is also being discussed in this book.

Terrorism and Disaster - New Threats, New Ideas (Hardcover): Lee Clarke, William R. Freudenburg Terrorism and Disaster - New Threats, New Ideas (Hardcover)
Lee Clarke, William R. Freudenburg
R3,858 Discovery Miles 38 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The terror attacks of 9.11 signalled that people are increasingly put at risk of not only terrorism but natural and technological disasters as well. Since 9.11 scholars have been asking new questions about catastrophe and made important and interesting innovations in methods, concepts, and theories regarding disaster and terror. This volume brings together a creative set of papers, most of which are about the 9.11 attacks. They draw from several disciplines to address key questions: what lessons does the response to the collapse of the World Trade Center have for disaster planning? what has 9.11 meant for civil liberties in the US? how will survivors react over the long run? and how do we conceptualize panic and mass response?

Dealing with Disaster in Japan - Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash (Hardcover): Christopher Hood Dealing with Disaster in Japan - Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash (Hardcover)
Christopher Hood
R4,279 Discovery Miles 42 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had been returning to their ancestral home for the Obon religious festival, were killed; there were only four survivors.

This book tells the story of the crash, discusses the many controversial issues surrounding it, and considers why it has come to have such importance for many Japanese. It shows how the Japanese responded to the disaster: trying to comprehend how a faulty repair may have caused the crash, and the fact that rescue services took such a long time to reach the remote crash site; how the bereaved dealt with their loss; how the media in Japan and in the wider world reported the disaster; and how the disaster is remembered and commemorated. The book highlights the media coverage of anniversary events and the Japanese books and films about the crash; the very particular memorialization process in Japan, alongside Japanese attitudes to death and religion; it points out in what ways this crash both reflects typical Japanese behaviour and in what ways the crash is unique.

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