LEADER 03116nam 22006015 450 001 9910254120903321 005 20200702143031.0 010 $a3-319-41667-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-41667-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000749177 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-41667-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4591695 035 $a(PPN)194516229 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000749177 100 $a20160711d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDisaster Risk Reduction and the Global System $eRuminations on a Way Forward /$fby Michael Gordy 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (V, 71 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Climate Studies,$x2213-784X 311 $a3-319-41666-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. . 330 $aThis short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations. The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Climate Studies,$x2213-784X 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aEconomics 606 $aNatural disasters 606 $aClimate Change$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U12007 606 $aClimate Change Management and Policy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/314000 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 606 $aNatural Hazards$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G32000 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aNatural disasters. 615 14$aClimate Change. 615 24$aClimate Change Management and Policy. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy. 615 24$aNatural Hazards. 676 $a363.346 700 $aGordy$b Michael$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01059903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254120903321 996 $aDisaster Risk Reduction and the Global System$92509411 997 $aUNINA