Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people /
"Mapping Vulnerability, is essential reading for academics, students, policymakers and practitioners in disaster studies, geography, development studies, economics, environmental studies and sociology."--Jacket
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan Publications,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Theorizing vulnerability in a globalized world : a political ecological perspective / Anthony Oliver-Smith
- The historical geography of disaster : 'vulnerability' and 'local knowledge' in western discourse / Greg Bankoff
- The need for rethinking the concepts of vulnerability and risk from a holistic perspective : a necessary review and criticism for effective risk management / Omar D. Cardona
- Complexity and diversity : unlocking social domains of disaster response / Dorothea Hilhorst
- The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador : risk reduction and development project / Allan Lavall
- El Niño events, forecasts and decision-making / Roger S. Pulwarty, Kenneth Broad and Timothy Finan
- Vulnerable regions versus vulnerable people : an Ethiopian case study / Linda Stephen
- From vulnerability to empowerment / Annelies Heijmans
- Progress in analysis of social vulnerability and capacity / Ian Davis
- Vulnerability reduction : a task for the vulnerable people themselves / Zenaida Delica-Willison and Robin Willison
- Macro-economic concepts of vulnerability : dynamics, complexity and public policy / Charlotte Benson
- Gendering vulnerability analysis : towards a more nuanced approach / Maureen Fordham
- Assessment of capability and vulnerability / Ben Wisner
- Vulnerability analysis as a means of strengthening policy formulation and policy practice / Georg Frerks and Stephen Bender.
