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Disaster Risk
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Christopher Gomez, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju, Victor Marchezini, Jake Rom Cadag, JC Gaillard
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eBook - ePub
Disaster Risk
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Christopher Gomez, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju, Victor Marchezini, Jake Rom Cadag, JC Gaillard
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About This Book
The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying geography and environmental studies/science. It will also be of relevance to students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical science disciplines, including public health and public policy, sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Why a textbook on disaster risk?
- Part I The nature and impact of disasters
- Part II Vulnerabilities and capacities
- Part III Natural and socio-natural hazards
- Part IV People’s response to and resilience during and after disasters
- Part V Disaster risk reduction and management
- List of key concepts
- Index
Citation styles for Disaster Risk
APA 6 Citation
Alcántara-Ayala, I., Gomez, C., Chmutina, K., Niekerk, D. van, Raju, E., Marchezini, V., … Gaillard, J. (2022). Disaster Risk (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3588055/disaster-risk-pdf (Original work published 2022)
Chicago Citation
Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema, Christopher Gomez, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju, Victor Marchezini, Jake Rom Cadag, and JC Gaillard. (2022) 2022. Disaster Risk. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/3588055/disaster-risk-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Alcántara-Ayala, I. et al. (2022) Disaster Risk. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3588055/disaster-risk-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema et al. Disaster Risk. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.