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Disaster Risk (Hardcover)
Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Christopher Gomez, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju, …
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R3,305
Discovery Miles 33 050
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The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster
risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of
topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and
pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as
well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk
reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to
undergraduate students studying geography and environmental
studies/science. It will also be of relevance to
students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical
science disciplines, including public health and public policy,
sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.
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Disaster Risk (Paperback)
Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Christopher Gomez, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju, …
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R1,223
Discovery Miles 12 230
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster
risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of
topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and
pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as
well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk
reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to
undergraduate students studying geography and environmental
studies/science. It will also be of relevance to
students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical
science disciplines, including public health and public policy,
sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.
Understanding Disaster Risk: A Multidimensional Approach presents
the first principle from the UNISDR Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction, 2015-2030. The framework includes a discussion of
risk and resilience from both a theoretical and governance
perspective in light of ideas that are shaping our common future.
In addition, it presents innovative tools and best practices in
reducing risk and building resilience. Combining the applications
of social, financial, technological, design, engineering and
nature-based approaches, the volume addresses rising global
priorities and focuses on strengthening the global understanding of
vulnerability, displaced communities, cultural heritages and
cultural identity. Readers will gain a multifaceted understanding
of disaster, addressing both historic and contemporary issues.
Focusing on the various dimensions of disaster risk, the book
details natural and social components of risk and the challenges
posed to risk assessment models under the climate change paradigm.
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