Rebuilding sustainable communities for children and their families after disasters [[electronic resource] ] : a global survey / / [edited] by Adenrele Awotona

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (486 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.348
• Soggetto topico: Disaster relief; Community development; Child welfare; Family services; Sustainable development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AwotonaAdenrele A
• Note generali: Conference proceedings.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes -- pt. 2. Rebuilding sustainable communities for children -- pt. 3. Rebuilding sustainable communities after wars -- pt. 4. Rebuilding sustainable energy infrastructure -- pt. 5. Disasters and innovative solutions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Disasters impose enormous misery on children, the most vulnerable members of the community. Records show that two million children have died as a direct consequence of armed conflict over the past decade. Globally, millions more have suffered death, disease, and dislocation as a result of such natural disasters as earthquakes, droughts, and floods. And even when emergency relief is available, permanent human damage remains; all too often, families fall apart, women are assaulted and degraded,...
• Titolo autorizzato: Rebuilding sustainable communities for children and their families after disasters
• ISBN: 1-282-58811-7; 9786612588112; 1-4438-1820-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464593603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II