Environmental health in emergencies and disasters [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / edited by B. Wisner, J. Adams |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 252 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 363.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WisnerBen
AdamsJohn <1961-> |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental health
Disasters |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
92-4-068030-6
9786610041398 1-280-04139-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455642403321 |
Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2002 | ||
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Environmental health in emergencies and disasters [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / edited by B. Wisner, J. Adams |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 252 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 363.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WisnerBen
AdamsJohn <1961-> |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental health
Disasters |
ISBN |
92-4-068030-6
9786610041398 1-280-04139-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780247603321 |
Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Routledge handbook of hazards and disaster risk reduction / / [edited by] Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard and Ilan Kelman |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (876 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.34/6
363.346 363.347 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GaillardJ. C
KelmanIlan WisnerBen |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Risk assessment
Hazard mitigation Emergency management |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-91868-X
1-280-68159-4 1-136-91869-8 9786613658531 0-203-84423-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; The Routledge Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Author biographies; Foreword by Salvano Briceño; Acknowledgements; 1. Challenging risk: we offer the reader a left-foot book: The Editors; Part I: Big picture views - hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities; 2. Introduction to Part I: The Editors; 3. Framing disaster: theories and stories seeking to understand hazards, vulnerability and risk: Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard and Ilan Kelman; Politics, history and power
4. Historical concepts of disasters and risk: Greg Bankoff5. Politics: power and disasters: Adolfo Mascarenhas and Ben Wisner; 6. Human rights and disaster: Jean Connolly Carmalt and Claudine Haenni Dale; 7. Violent conflict, natural hazards and disaster: Ben Wisner; Culture, knowledge and religion; 8. Culture, hazard and disaster: Kenneth Hewitt; 9. Knowledge and disaster risk reduction: Jessica Mercer; 10. Religious interpretations of disaster: David Chester, Angus M. Duncan and Heather Sangster; 11. Hazards and disasters represented in film: Gregory Berger and Ben Wisner 12. Hazards and disasters represented in music: Bob AlexanderEnvironment, development and sustainability; 13. Hazards, risk and urbanisation: Mark Pelling; 14. Disaster risk and sustainable development: Christopher M. Bacon; Part II: Fine-grained views - hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities; 15. Introduction to Part II: The Editors; All hazards; 16. Data sources on hazards: Julio Serje; 17. Tools for identifying hazards: Keiko Saito, Jane Strachan, Timothy Fewtrell, Nick Rosser, Susanna Jenkins, Aidan Slingsby and Katharine Haynes; Hydro-meteorological/climatological hazards 18. Hazard, risk and climate change: David Simon19. Coastal storm: Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, Herman Gerritsen and Marcel Marchand; 20. Thunderstorm and tornado: David Etkin, Kaz Higuchi and George Platsis; 21. Flood: Hanna Schmuck; 22. Drought: Thomas A. Smucker; 23. Extreme heat and cold: Sabrina McCormick; 24. Wildfire: Roger Underwood and Alexander Held; Geophysical hazards; 25. Landslide and other mass movements: Danang Sri Hadmoko and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro; 26. Earthquake: Cinna Lomnitz and Ben Wisner; 27. Tsunami: Brian G. McAdoo 28. Volcanic eruption: Susanna Jenkins and Katharine Haynes29. Soil erosion and contamination: Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro; Biological/ecological hazards; 30. Human epidemic: Chris Dibben; 31. Livestock epidemic: Delia Grace and John McDermott; 32. Plant disease, pests and erosion of biodiversity: Pascal O. Girot; Astronomical hazards; 33. Hazards from space: Bill McGuire; Vulnerabilities and capacities; 34. Disability and disaster: David Alexander, JC Gaillard and Ben Wisner; 35. Gender, sexuality and disaster: Maureen Fordham; 36. Children, youth and disaster: Agnes A. Babugura 37. Elderly people and disaster: Ehren B. Ngo |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461826103321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
Disciplina | 339.5096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChitigaRutendo
ToulminCamilla WisnerBen |
Soggetto topico | Economic history |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-55133-6
1-280-47494-7 9786610474943 600-00-0040-5 1-84977-339-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Towards a New Map of Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Need for a Replacement for Africa in Crisis; Homogenizing Complexity; Twenty Years on from Africa in Crisis; What's Happened to the Crisis since Africa in Crisis was Published?; Arguments Old and New; Signs of Success; Running Out of Time?; How Can Our Book Contribute?; Part I: Human Ecology; 1 Land-based Livelihoods; Introduction; What are Rural Livelihoods?; Unfolding Livelihoods in West Africa; Two Cases
Conclusion2 Fishing Livelihoods: Successful Diversification, or Sinking into Poverty?; Introduction; Diverse People and Livelihoods; Fisheries as a Growing Livelihood Opportunity; The Attraction of the Fisheries Sector; Effects on Livelihood Security and Sustainability; Coping Strategies at Micro and Macro Levels; Conclusions; 3 Urban Livelihoods; Introduction; Framing Urban Livelihoods; Making a Living; Maintaining Social Networks and Urban Communities; Mounting Collective Action; Conclusions; 4 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS; Introduction; HIV/AIDS and its Potentially Devastating Impacts Positive AnomaliesAvoiding the Trap; Conclusion; 5 Food Security; Introduction; Food Security: The Definitional Quandry; Vulnerability Discourse, Monitoring Practice and Food Aid; Description of Famine Early Warning Systems in Africa; Critical Assessment of Early Warning Systems in Africa; Recommendations for Best Practice; Part II: Institutional Change; 6 The Global Economic Context; Introduction; The Promise of Globalization and Achievements; The Failed Promise of Growth; Explaining the Poor Performance: Has Africa Adjusted?; Africa Maladjusted: The Low-growth Path; Concluding Remarks 7 Legal FrameworksIntroduction; The Roots of African Poverty and Vulnerability; Can African Governments Use Law to Restructure Dysfunctional Institutions?; How Africans Designed Laws; Legislative Theory and the Use of Law for Institutional Transformation; Gathering the Facts; Summary and Conclusion; 8 The Politics of Decentralization; Introduction; Fetters on Decentralization; Means of Resistance: Powers Transfer and Institutional Choice; Conclusions; 9 National Institutions for Development: The Case of Botswana; Introduction; Theorizing the Botswana State Elite Unity, Underdevelopment and State AutonomyConscious Leadership and Class Unity: The Foundation of State Capacity; Conclusion; 10 Identity and National Governance; The Colonial State and Legally Inscribed Identities; Post-colonial Dilemmas; Political Identity: A Methodological Consideration; Democracy and Institutions: A Conclusion; 11 Regional Economic and Political Institutions; Introduction; The Southern African Development Community (SADC): A Historical Overview; Regional Transformations in the 1990s: Implications for SADC; Conclusion 12 Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452740803321 |
London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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