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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an internation...
View full detailsMEASURING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS: TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT SOCIETIES
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...
View full detailsHOW TO WRITE AN EMERGENCY PLAN
 The world is becoming more hazardous as natural and social processes combine to create complex situations of increased vulnerability and risk. T...
View full detailsTHE POLITICS OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT: PUBLIC LEADERSHIP UNDER PRESSURE
Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect the...
View full detailsSHAPING THE HUMANITARIAN WORLD
Providing a critical introduction to the notion of humanitarianism in global politics, tracing the concept from its origins to the twenty-first cen...
View full detailsMANAGING CRISES: RESPONSES TO LARGE-SCALE EMERGENCIES
From floods to fires, tornadoes to terrorist attacks, governments must respond to a variety of crises and meet reasonable standards of performance....
View full detailsWHAT IS A DISASTER: NEW ANSWERS TO OLD QUESTIONS
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...
View full detailsCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD: VISION, ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE
In Community Development in an Uncertain World, Jim Ife draws on the principles of social justice, ecological responsibility and post-Enlightenment...
View full detailsDO NO HARM HOW AID CAN SUPPORT PEACE - OR WAR
Echoing the words of the Hippocratic Oath, the author challenges aid agency staff to take responsibility for the ways that their assistance affects...
View full detailsINTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT 4TH EDITION
Introduction to International Disaster Management, Fourth Edition, offers an unbiased, global perspective for students and practitioners alike. It ...
View full detailsHANDBOOK OF DISASTER POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS
 Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of...
View full detailsHUMAN RIGHTS FROM BELOW: ACHIEVING RIGHTS THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
In Human Rights from Below, Jim Ife shows how human rights and community development are problematic terms but powerful ideals, and that each is es...
View full detailsTHE NEW HUMANITARIANS IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE: EMERGING ACTORS AND CONTESTED PRINCIPLES
As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet ...
View full detailsENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ASSESSING RISK AND REDUCING DISASTER
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...
View full detailsCULTURES AND DISASTERS UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL FRAMINGS IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION eBOOK
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...
View full detailsCULTURES AND DISASTERS UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL FRAMINGS IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
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...
View full detailsDISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT METHODS SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES IN APPLICATION eBOOK
PRINT ON DEMAND Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to...
View full detailsDISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT METHODS SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES IN APPLICATION
Find the answers to disaster and emergency management research questions with Disaster and Emergency Management Methods. Written to engage students...
View full detailsMANAGING EMERGENCIES AND CRISES : GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES eBOOK
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 ...
View full detailsMANAGING EMERGENCIES AND CRISES' GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
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 ...
View full detailsFRAMING COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE eBOOK
 An essential guide to the foundations, research and practices of community disaster resilience Framing Community Disaster Resilience offers a gu...
View full detailsROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION eBOOK
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an internation...
View full detailsFRAMING COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE
 An essential guide to the foundations, research and practices of community disaster resilience Framing Community Disaster Resilience offers a gu...
View full detailsCOMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION eBOOK
 Communities are at the core of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and community based approaches are getting increasing focus in national DRR plans. ...
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