HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

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. ...

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

As our planet changes and human population grows, students will see new examples every year of the devastating impact that geologic and atmospher...

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

  Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe When disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureauc...

  Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly wri...

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

  Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and wha...

Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe When disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureaucra...

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