AT RISK by Piers M. Blaikie, Ben Wisner, Ian Davis ( 9780415252157 )

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Title:

AT RISK
NATURAL HAZARDS, PEOPLE'S VULNERABILITY AND DISASTERS

By:

Piers M. Blaikie, Ben Wisner, Ian Davis

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415252156

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9780415252157

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

13 November, 2003

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

492

Description:

The new edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed.

Synopsis:

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 updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

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7 black & white tables

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Routledge

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