Disaster Management (eBook, PDF)

International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
Redaktion: Lopez-Carresi, Alejandro; Gaillard, Jc; Kelman, Ilan; Wisner, Ben; Fordham, Maureen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136179778
• Artikelnr.: 40022710

Autorenporträt

Alejandro López-Carresi is founder and director of CEDEM Centre for Disaster and Emergency Management in Madrid, Spain. Maureen Fordham is Principal Lecturer and Enterprise Fellow at the Department of Geography, Northumbria University, UK. Ben Wisner, who has worked in development and hazards for 47 years, is a research affiliate at University College London, UK. Ilan Kelman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) in Norway. JC Gaillard is an Associate Professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction:who what and why? Part 1: Prevention and Risk Reduction 2.
Hazard, Vulnerability, Capacity, Risk and Participation 3. Gender aspects
of Disaster Management 4. Community-based Disaster risk reduction and
Disaster Management 5. People-centred early warning 6. Disaster Education
in schools 7.Many strong voices for Climate Change Education: examples from
Belize and Timor-Leste Part 2: Response and Recovery 8. Managing
infrastructure, environment and disaster risk 9. emergency and disaster
planning 10. common myths and misconceptions in Disaster Management 11.
Health aspects of Disaster Management 12. Disaster insurance for the poor
13. Post-disaster recovery planning: Introductory notes on its challenges
and potentials Part 3: Regional Perspectives 14. Experiences from
Sub-Saharan Africa 15. Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the
Caribbean: Four decades of evolution and change, 1970 to 2010 16. Disaster
Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions 17.
Integrating people's capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction through
participatory mapping, 18. A knowledge integration tool for Disaster Risk
Reduction including Climate Change 19. Conclusion: Addressing all
vulnerabilities