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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254120903321

Autore

Gordy Michael

Titolo

Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System : Ruminations on a Way Forward / / by Michael Gordy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-41667-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (V, 71 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies, , 2213-784X

Disciplina

363.346

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Economics

Natural disasters

Climate Change

Climate Change Management and Policy

International Political Economy

Natural Hazards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Underlying Risk Factors -- The Social Construction of Risk -- Development and Risk -- The Poverty-Disaster Risk Nexus -- Global Capitalism and Disaster Risk -- Political Will and Governance -- The Importance of Extensive Risk -- The Invisibility of Risks -- Urbanization and Land Use -- Agribusiness and Food Security -- Environmental Degradation -- Climate Change as a Magnifier and Meta-disaster -- Conclusion. .

Sommario/riassunto

This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations. The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.