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At Risk

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基本介绍

作者: Piers Blaikie / Terry Cannon / Ian Davis / Ben Wisner
出版社: Routledge
出版年: 2005-7
页数: 492
定价: $ 53.05
装帧: Pap
ISBN: 9780415252164

书本简介

The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The update...

作者简介

Ben Wisner is Research Fellow at the Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, and Affiliate Researcher on the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College, Ohio.

Piers Blaikie is Professor of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia.

Terry Cannon is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Development Studies at the University of Greenwich.

Ian Davis i...