Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2004
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/2
• Soggetto topico: Disaster relief; Natural disasters; Human beings - Effect of environment on; Political ecology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BankoffGreg FrerksGeorg <1961-> HilhorstDorothea
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Mapping Vulnerability; Chapter 1: Theorizing Vulnerability in a Globalized World: A Political Ecological Perspective; Chapter 2: The Historical Geography of Disaster: 'Vulnerability' and 'Local Knowledge' in Western Discourse; Chapter 3: The Need for Rethinking the Concepts of Vulnerability and Risk from a Holistic Perspective: A Necessary Review and Criticism for Effective Risk Management ; Chapter 4: Complexity and Diversity: Unlocking Social Domains of Disaster ResponseChapter 5: The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador: Risk Reduction and Development Project; Chapter 6: El Niño Events, Forecasts and Decision-making; Chapter 7: Vulnerable Regions versus Vulnerable People: An Ethiopian Case Study; Chapter 8: From Vulnerability to Empowerment; Chapter 9: Progress in Analysis of Social Vulnerability and Capacity; Chapter 10: Vulnerability Reduction: A Task for the Vulnerable People Themselves ; Chapter 11: Macro-economic Concepts of Vulnerability: Dynamics, Complexity and Public PolicyChapter 12: Gendering Vulnerability Analysis: Towards a More Nuanced Approach; Chapter 13: Assessment of Capability and Vulnerability; Conclusion: Vulnerability Analysis as a Means of Strengthening Policy Formulation and Policy Practice; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to personal property, agriculture, and infrastructure. So what can be done? The key to understanding the causes of disasters and mitigating their impacts is the concept of 'vulnerability'.Mapping Vulnerability analyses 'vulnerability' as a concept central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact. Written and edited by a distinguished group of disaster scholars and practitioners, this book is a coun
• Titolo autorizzato: Mapping vulnerability
• ISBN: 1-136-56161-7; 9786610475926; 1-85383-963-9; 1-4175-4262-4; 1-280-47592-7; 1-136-56162-5; 1-84977-192-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452734603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II