Greg Bankoff

Cultures of Disaster

Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the relationship between environment and culture in the contemporary Philippines. The book will be of interest to those engaged in relief policy and administration in developing countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780700717613
• ISBN-10: 0700717617
• Artikelnr.: 21270391

Autorenporträt

Greg Bankoff is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Crime Society and the State in Nineteenth-Century Philippines (Hawaii University Press: 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Acknowledgement Introduction: Of Jellyfish and Coups 1.
'Vulnerability' as Western Discourse 2. Environment and Hazard in Southeast
Asia 3. A History of Hazard in the Philippines 4. The 'Costs' of Hazard in
the Contemporary Philippines 5. The Politics of Disaster Management and
Relief 6. The Economics of Red Tides 7. The Social Order and the El Nino
Southern Oscillation 8. Cultures of Disaster Conclusion: Hazard as a
Frequent Life Experience Notes Bibliography