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Flammable cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand
| Flammable cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3709 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BankoffGreg
LübkenUwe SandJordan <1960-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Fires
Fires - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-12832-1
9786613532206 0-299-28383-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Cities as fire regimes -- pt. 2. Fire as risk and as a catalyst of change -- pt. 3. The politics of fire. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462276703321 |
| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flammable cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand
| Flammable cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3709 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BankoffGreg
LübkenUwe SandJordan <1960-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Fires
Fires - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-12832-1
9786613532206 0-299-28383-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Cities as fire regimes -- pt. 2. Fire as risk and as a catalyst of change -- pt. 3. The politics of fire. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790102603321 |
| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst
| Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BankoffGreg
FrerksGeorg <1961-> HilhorstDorothea |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster relief
Natural disasters Human beings - Effect of environment on Political ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452734603321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World : Bordering on Danger / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Joseph Christensen
| Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World : Bordering on Danger / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Joseph Christensen |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34095 |
| Collana | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Asia—History
World history Environmental sociology Imperialism History of South Asia World History, Global and Transnational History Environmental Sociology Imperialism and Colonialism |
| ISBN | 1-349-94857-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Revisiting Southeast Asian history with geology: some demographic consequences of a dangerous environment Anthony Reid -- 2. ‘The sea becomes mulberry fields and mulberry fields become the sea’: dikes in the eastern Red River delta, c.200 BCE to the Twenty-first century CE Tana Li -- 3. ‘The most horrible of evils’: Social responses to drought and famine in the Bombay Presidency, 1782-1857 George Adamson -- 4. Philippine Typhoons since the seventeenth century James Francis Warren -- 5. Bushfire in Madagascar: natural hazard, useful tool and change agent Christian Kull -- 6. Emperor Tự Đức’s ‘Bad Weather’: Interpreting Natural Disasters in Vietnam, 1847-1883 Kathryn Dyt -- 7. Storm over San Isidro: Repeated disasters and civic community culture in nineteenth century Philippines Greg Bankoff -- 8. Disaster management and colonialism in the Indonesian archipelago, 1840-1920 Alicia Schrikker -- 9. Cyclones, Drought, and Slavery: Environment and Enslavement in the Western Indian Ocean, 1870s-1920s Matthew S. Hopper -- 10. Their inescapable portion? Cyclones, disaster relief, and the political economy of pearlshelling in Northwest Australia, 1865-1935. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254788803321 |
| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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