Advanced Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction (Hardcover)

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. With disasters increasing in both frequency and intensity, this timely Advanced Introduction provides a fresh perspective on how the concepts established in the Sendai Framework can be put into practice to reduce disaster risk, improve preparedness in cost-effective ways, and develop whole-of-society approaches to increasing resilience. Key Features: Provides evidence-informed coverage of the core areas of disaster risk reduction Identifies the implementation issues and challenges to anticipation, preparedness, evaluation and governance and the strategies that can be used to facilitate it Discusses individual and collective ways to manage recovery and to learn from disaster experiences and programmes such as Build Back Better to prepare people to deal with disasters more effectively in the future Incorporating research on preparedness modelling, evaluation strategies, adaptive governance, and transformative learning, this Advanced Introduction will be invaluable to students and scholars of environmental management, governance and regulation interested in disaster risk reduction. It will also be a vital resource to policymakers looking to strengthen their disaster preparedness and recovery measures.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Elgar Advanced Introductions series
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Douglas Paton
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-80392-045-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General
LSN:	1-80392-045-9
Barcode:	9781803920450

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