Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience - Design, Methods and Knowledge in the face of Climate Change (Paperback)

Disaster prevention and the mitigation of climate change effects call for global action. Joint efforts are required among countries, economic sectors, and public and private stakeholders. Not surprisingly, international organizations, such as the United Nations agencies, propose policy frameworks aimed at worldwide influence. The 2015-2030 Sendai Framework seeks to create consensus about the need to act for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. A key goal is to promote investments in risk reduction and resilience. But how useful is this policy framework? What does it say, and what does it overlook? How can it be implemented among vulnerable communities, in historic sites, and in other sensitive locations affected by disasters? In this book, prominent scholars and practitioners examine the successes and failures of the Sendai Framework. Their case studies show that, despite its good intentions, the Framework achieves very little. The main reason is that, while avoiding a political engagement, it fails to deal with disasters' root causes and guide the difficult path of effective implementation. The authors bring a fresh look to international policy and design practices, highlighting cross-disciplinary research avenues, and ideas and methods for low-income communities, cities and heritage sites in Portugal, Haiti, the United States, the Philippines, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, among other countries.Global action requires collaboration between heterogeneous stakeholders, but also the recognition of inequalities, power imbalances, and social and environmental injustices.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	A. Nuno Martins • Gonzalo Lizarralde • Temitope Egbelakin • Liliane Hobeica • Jose Manuel Mendes • Adib Hobeica
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-818639-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	0-12-818639-9
Barcode:	9780128186398

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!