Front cover image for Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people

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
eBook, English, 2004
Earthscan Publications, London, 2004
Electronic book
1 online resource (xix, 236 pages)
9781849771924, 9781136561627, 9781280475924, 9781417542628, 9781136561573, 9781136561610, 9786610475926, 1849771928, 1136561625, 1280475927, 1417542624, 1136561579, 1136561617, 661047592X
56675932
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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English