At Risk : Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

ISBN-13: 9780415252157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 471 str.

Ben Wisner; Piers M. Blaikie; Terry Cannon

Opis

The term natural disaster is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase natural disaster suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The book focuses on what makes people vulnerable. Often this means analysing the links between poverty and vulnerability. However it is also important to take account of different social groups that suffer more in extreme events, including women, children, the elderly, ethnic minorities, refugees and people with disabilities.

Spis treści

Part 1: Framework and Theory  1. The Challenge of Disasters and Our Approach  2. Disaster Pressure and Release Model  3. Access to Resources and Coping in Adversity  Part 2: Vulnerability and Hazard Types  4. Famine and Natural Hazards  5. Biological Hazards  6. Floods  7. Severe Coastal Storms  8. Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Landslides  Part 3: Action for Disaster Reduction  9. Vulnerability, Relief and Reconstruction  10. Towards a Safer Environment

O autorze

Piers Blaikie, Terry Canon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner