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The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR),
migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable
development linkages from a number of different geographical,
social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and
practitioners present different perspectives regarding these
inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions
as well as field observations. This publication contributes in
particular to the discussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 and the debate about how to
improve DRR, including CCA, policies and practices, taking into
account migration processes from a large perspective where both
natural and social factors are crucial and mutually "alloyed". Some
authors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of
embracing a multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement
will lead to much concrete action toward real action on the ground.
This book is a timely contribution for researchers, students and
policy makers in the fields of environment, human geography,
migration, disaster and climate change studies who seek a more
comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.
The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR),
migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable
development linkages from a number of different geographical,
social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and
practitioners present different perspectives regarding these
inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions
as well as field observations. This publication contributes in
particular to the discussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 and the debate about how to
improve DRR, including CCA, policies and practices, taking into
account migration processes from a large perspective where both
natural and social factors are crucial and mutually "alloyed". Some
authors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of
embracing a multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement
will lead to much concrete action toward real action on the ground.
This book is a timely contribution for researchers, students and
policy makers in the fields of environment, human geography,
migration, disaster and climate change studies who seek a more
comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.
The growing body of research on interdisciplinarity has encouraged
a more in depth analysis of the relations that hold among academic
disciplines. In particular, the incursion of one scientific
discipline into another discipline's traditional domain, also known
as scientific imperialism, has been a matter of increasing debate.
Following this trend, Scientific Imperialism aims to bring together
philosophers of science and historians of science interested in the
topic of scientific imperialism and, in particular, interested in
the conceptual clarification, empirical identification, and
normative assessment of the idea of scientific imperialism. Thus,
this innovative volume has two main goals. Indeed, the authors
first seek to understand interdisciplinary relations emerging from
the incursion of one scientific discipline into one or more other
disciplines, such as in cases in which the conventions and
procedures of one discipline or field are imposed on other fields;
or more weakly when a scientific discipline seeks to explain
phenomena that are traditionally considered proper of another
discipline's domain. Secondly, the authors explore ways of
distinguishing imperialistic from non-imperialistic interactions
between disciplines and research fields. The first sustained study
of scientific imperialism, this volume will appeal to postgraduate
students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as
Science and Technology Studies, Sociology of Science &
Technology, Philosophy of Science, and History of Science.
The growing body of research on interdisciplinarity has encouraged
a more in depth analysis of the relations that hold among academic
disciplines. In particular, the incursion of one scientific
discipline into another discipline's traditional domain, also known
as scientific imperialism, has been a matter of increasing debate.
Following this trend, Scientific Imperialism aims to bring together
philosophers of science and historians of science interested in the
topic of scientific imperialism and, in particular, interested in
the conceptual clarification, empirical identification, and
normative assessment of the idea of scientific imperialism. Thus,
this innovative volume has two main goals. Indeed, the authors
first seek to understand interdisciplinary relations emerging from
the incursion of one scientific discipline into one or more other
disciplines, such as in cases in which the conventions and
procedures of one discipline or field are imposed on other fields;
or more weakly when a scientific discipline seeks to explain
phenomena that are traditionally considered proper of another
discipline's domain. Secondly, the authors explore ways of
distinguishing imperialistic from non-imperialistic interactions
between disciplines and research fields. The first sustained study
of scientific imperialism, this volume will appeal to postgraduate
students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as
Science and Technology Studies, Sociology of Science &
Technology, Philosophy of Science, and History of Science.
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