LEADER 04163nam 22007211 450 001 9910806299703321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-4725-5292-X 010 $a1-283-87406-7 010 $a1-4411-1838-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472552921 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709834 035 $a(EBL)1094074 035 $a(OCoLC)821265784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784834 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12343024 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784834 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782802 035 $a(PQKB)11023894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1094074 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1094074 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10638837 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418656 035 $a(OCoLC)895702538 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09256200 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709834 100 $a20140929d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEducation and natural disasters $eeducation as a humanitarian response /$fedited by David Smawfield 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 225 0 $aEducation as a humanitarian response 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-9991-8 311 $a1-4411-6699-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Series Editor's Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction David Smawfield -- 1. Education and Natural Disasters: A Selective Overview David Smawfield -- 2. Bushfires in Australia: Learning to Live with Fire Robin Burns -- 3. Natural Hazards in India: Forewarned is Forearmed Colin Bangay -- 4. Hurricane Katrina in the United States of America: Make Levees, Not War Benjamin Newton -- 5. Floods in the United Kingdom: School Perspectives Kevin Beaton and David Ledgard -- 6. Earthquake in China: A Sichuan Case Study Zhou Zhong -- 7. Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster in Japan: The Immediate Aftermath Fumiaki Ema -- Conclusion David Smawfield -- Index. 330 $a"Examines the relationship natural disasters have with education in different international contexts, from the USA, Australia, India, China, the UK and Japan"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"What is the relationship between education and natural disasters? Can education play a role in ameliorating and mitigating them, preparing people in how to respond, and even helping to prevent them? If so, how? Drawing on research carried out in a number of different countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan, the UK and the USA, the contributors consider the role of education in relation to natural disasters. The case studies expand conceptual and empirical understandings of the understudied relationship between education and natural disasters, uncover the potential and the limitations of education for mitigating, responding to, and potentially preventing, natural disasters. The contributors also consider the extent to which so-called natural disasters, such as mudslides caused by deforestation and flooding areas built on known flood plains, are linked to human behaviour and how education can impact on these"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aEducation as a Humanitarian Response 606 $aEmergency management$xStudy and teaching$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aEnvironmental disasters$xStudy and teaching$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aEnvironmental education$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aNatural disasters$xStudy and teaching$vCross-cultural studies 606 $2Multicultural education 615 0$aEmergency management$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aEnvironmental disasters$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aEnvironmental education 615 0$aNatural disasters$xStudy and teaching 676 $a363.7 702 $aSmawfield$b David 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806299703321 996 $aEducation and natural disasters$94045252 997 $aUNINA