At Risk

Name: At Risk
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Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

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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 updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

Author Biography:

Piers Blaikie, Terry Canon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner

Release date Australia

November 13th, 2003

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Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2nd edition

Illustrations

7 Tables, black and white; 31 Line drawings, black and white

Pages

496

Dimensions

156x234x25

ISBN-13

9780415252164

Product ID

1741530

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