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Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters - With Special Reference to Developing Countries (Hardcover, New)
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Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters - With Special Reference to Developing Countries (Hardcover, New)
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This book sets out to develop a new framework for the analysis and
understanding of large natural disasters occurring in developing
countries in the last three decades, and their effects on the
economy and society. In doing so, it challenges many of the
accepted wisdoms of disaster theory upon which policy prescriptions
are built. A number of important issues are addressed and analysed
within this framework. The reliability of current statistics about
disasters is questioned, and the effects of disaster situations on
the main economic aggregates are examined. The author also looks at
the importance of indirect disaster effects, the motivations of
disaster response, and the impact of both capital loss and disaster
response on output. He assesses the minimum level of additional
investment required to secure a balanced recovery, and the extent
to which a society's structure and dynamics determine people's
vulnerability to disasters. Finally, the overall effects of
disaster situations on economy and society are considered. The
author concludes that although disasters are primarily a problem of
development, they are not necessarily a problem for development.
What we should be looking at are the underlying social and economic
processes within developing countries which structure the impact of
natural disasters, rather than at disasters as unforeseen events
requiring large scale intervention. An important feature of the
book is the deconstruction of the notion of disaster. Disasters,
the author points out, cannot be analysed in isolation from the
particular social and political setting in which they occur.
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