TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,Andrew E.
TI  - Hazards, risks, and disasters in society
T2  - Hazards and Disasters Series
SN  - 9780123964519
AV  - HC79.D45 H393 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Amsterdam, Netherlands
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Planning
KW  - Emergency management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: hazards, risks, and disasters in Society / Andrew E. Collins, Bernard Manyena, Janaka Jayawickrama and Samantha Jones -- Against the drive for institutionalization: two decades of disaster volunteers in Japan / Tomohide Atsumi -- Disastrous disasters: a polemic on capitalism, climate change, and humanitarianism / Phil O'Keefe, Geoff O'Brien and Janaka Jayawickrama -- Disaster risk governance: evolution and influences / Samantha Jones, Bernard Manyena and Sara Walsh -- Developing sustainable capacity for disaster risk reduction in Southern Africa / Per Becker and Dewald van Niekerk --  Understanding rights-based approach in disasters: a case for affirming human dignity / Supriya Akerkar and John Devavaram -- Reactive to proactive to reflective practices in disaster risk reduction / Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Anthony Masys, Hideyuki Shiroshita and Peter Jackson -- Vulnerability, coping and loss and damage from climate events / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Flood shelters in Bangladesh: some issues from the user's perspective / M. Aminur Rahman, Fuad H. Mallick, M. Shahjahan Mondal and Mohammad Rezaur Rahman -- Cyber-security hazards in society / Maitland Hyslop -- Natural disasters and violent conflicts / Elisabeth King and John C. Mutter -- Everyday practices and symbolic forms of resistance: adapting to environmental change in coastal Louisiana / Julie Koppel Maldonado -- Political responses to emergencies / David Alexander -- Double disaster: disaster through a gender lens / Sarah Bradshaw and Maureene Fordham -- Disaster risk reduction in the shadow of the law / Michael Eburn -- Self-care in Bangladesh: local level resilience and risk reduction / Ross Edgeworth -- Culture: the crucial factor in hazard, risk, and disaster recovery: the anthropological perspective / Susanna M. Hoffman -- Risk, resilience, and readiness: developing an all-hazards perspective / Douglas Paton -- Interpretative frameworks of disaster in society close-up / Ryo Morimoto -- Therapeutic communities in the context of disaster / Brenda D. Phillips -- View of Abrahamic religions on natural disaster risk reduction / Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany -- Conclusion: hazards, risks, and disasters in society / Andrew E. Collins, Janaka Jayawickrama, Samantha Jones and  Bernard Manyena
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