HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an internation...

This publication is a completely revised, second edition of the popular book of the same title. Aside from being fully updated, this new edition in...

  The world is becoming more hazardous as natural and social processes combine to create complex situations of increased vulnerability and risk. T...

Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect the...

Providing a critical introduction to the notion of humanitarianism in global politics, tracing the concept from its origins to the twenty-first cen...

From floods to fires, tornadoes to terrorist attacks, governments must respond to a variety of crises and meet reasonable standards of performance....

What is a Disaster? Addresses the most basic question in the field: that of defining the phenomenon of study. For theoretical advancement, it is im...

In Community Development in an Uncertain World, Jim Ife draws on the principles of social justice, ecological responsibility and post-Enlightenment...

Echoing the words of the Hippocratic Oath, the author challenges aid agency staff to take responsibility for the ways that their assistance affects...

  Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of...

As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet ...

The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and wh...

Why did the people of the Zambesi Delta affected by severe flooding return early to their homes or even choose to not evacuate? How is the forced r...

Why did the people of the Zambesi Delta affected by severe flooding return early to their homes or even choose to not evacuate? How is the forced r...

PRINT ON DEMAND Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to...

Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to engage students...

As the scale, frequency, and intensity of crises faced by the world have dramatically increased over the last decade, there is a critical need for ...

As the scale, frequency, and intensity of crises faced by the world have dramatically increased over the last decade, there is a critical need for ...

  An essential guide to the foundations, research and practices of community disaster resilience  Framing Community Disaster Resilience offers a gu...

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an internation...

  An essential guide to the foundations, research and practices of community disaster resilience  Framing Community Disaster Resilience offers a gu...

  Communities are at the core of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and community based approaches are getting increasing focus in national DRR plans. ...