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AT RISK IBD

IAN DAVIS / PIERS BLAIKIE / TERRY CANNON
ROUTLEDGE
11 / 2003
9780415252164
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Sinopsis

The term âÇÖnatural disasterâÇÖ is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase âÇÖnatural disasterâÇÖ 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 âÇÖdevelopmentâÇÖ. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant âÇÖroot causesâÇÖ to âÇÖunsafe conditionsâÇÖ in a âÇÖprogression of vulnerabilityâÇÖ. The other uses the concepts of âÇÖaccessâÇÖ and âÇÖlivelihoodâÇÖ to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events andáincorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.