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At Risk
Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Av Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2759 kr
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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 …
At Risk
Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Av Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
827 kr
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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 …
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Av Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1222 kr
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The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, …
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Av Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
4253 kr
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The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, …
Disaster Risk
Av Ben Wisner, J. C. Gaillard m. fl.
2015
23496 kr
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Especially in an era of rapid global environmental change, questions and issues about and around natural hazards and disasters are dizzying in their complexity—and urgency. Answering the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this fast-moving area, and its vast and …
Disaster Management
International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
Av Alejandro Lopez-Carresi, Maureen Fordham m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
827 kr
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There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital …
Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk
Who Speaks? Who Suffers?
Av Ben Wisner, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2526 kr
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In Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature potentially harmful and put people in harm’s way. Opportunities and challenges faced by those engaging with disaster risk are explored.Across …
Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk
Who Speaks? Who Suffers?
Av Ben Wisner, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
651 kr
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In Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature potentially harmful and put people in harm’s way. Opportunities and challenges faced by those engaging with disaster risk are explored.Across …
Reflecting on Ben Wisner’s Contributions to Scholarship and Scholars
The Benschrift
Av Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2526 kr
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This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner’s contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability.This festschrift for Ben, and so The Benschrift, revitalises, promotes and critiques a selection of six foundational …
Reflecting on Ben Wisner’s Contributions to Scholarship and Scholars
The Benschrift
Av Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
651 kr
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This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner’s contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability.This festschrift for Ben, and so The Benschrift, revitalises, promotes and critiques a selection of six foundational …
Reflecting on Ben Wisner's Contributions to Scholarship and Scholars
The Benschrift
Av Ilan Kelman, JC Gaillard m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
746 kr
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This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner's contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability.This festschrift for Ben, and so The Benschrift, revitalises, promotes and critiques a selection of six foundational …
Reflecting on Ben Wisner's Contributions to Scholarship and Scholars
The Benschrift
Av Ilan Kelman, JC Gaillard m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
746 kr
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This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner's contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability.This festschrift for Ben, and so The Benschrift, revitalises, promotes and critiques a selection of six foundational …
Power and Need in Africa
Basic Human Needs and Development Policies
Av Ben Wisner
E-bok, 2026
1019 kr
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Power and Need in Africa (1988) examines the mechanisms for giving the poor of Africa the means to develop their own future – a renaissance which has as its constituent elements environmental sustainability, women’s emancipation and social justice.
Power and Need in Africa
Basic Human Needs and Development Policies
Av Ben Wisner
E-bok, 2026
1030 kr
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Power and Need in Africa (1988) examines the mechanisms for giving the poor of Africa the means to develop their own future – a renaissance which has as its constituent elements environmental sustainability, women’s emancipation and social justice.
Power and Need in Africa
Basic Human Needs and Development Policies
Av Ben Wisner
Inbunden, 2026
1837 kr
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Power and Need in Africa (1988) examines the mechanisms for giving the poor of Africa the means to develop their own future – a renaissance which has as its constituent elements environmental sustainability, women’s emancipation and social justice.
At Risk
Natural Hazards, People''s Vulnerability and Disasters
Av Ben Wisner, Ian Davis m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
970 kr
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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 …
At Risk
Natural Hazards, People''s Vulnerability and Disasters
Av Ben Wisner, Ian Davis m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
949 kr
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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 …
Disaster Management
International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
Av Alejandro Lopez-Carresi, Maureen Fordham m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
970 kr
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There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital …
Disaster Management
International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
Av Alejandro Lopez-Carresi, Maureen Fordham m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
970 kr
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There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital …
Towards a New Map of Africa
Av Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
762 kr
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''The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.'' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa ''05 ''This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how …
Towards a New Map of Africa
Av Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
762 kr
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''The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.'' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa ''05 ''This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how …
Disaster Risk Reduction
Cases from Urban Africa
E-bok, 2012
883 kr
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Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat ''This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.'' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics ''At …
Disaster Risk Reduction
Cases from Urban Africa
E-bok, 2012
864 kr
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Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat ''This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.'' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics ''At …
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Av Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
1437 kr
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The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, …
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Av Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
1437 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, …
Disaster Risk Reduction
Cases from Urban Africa
Häftad, 2014
754 kr
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Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 'At …
Towards a New Map of Africa
Av Camilla Toulmin, Ben Wisner m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
669 kr
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'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa '05'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how …
Disaster Risk Reduction
Cases from Urban Africa
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 'At …
Disaster Management
International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
Av Alejandro Lopez-Carresi, Maureen Fordham m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital …
Towards a New Map of Africa
Av Camilla Toulmin, Ben Wisner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1366 kr
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'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa '05'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how …
