Disaster management: international lessons in risk reduction, response and recovery

[edited by] Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard

Resource Type:: E-Book
Publication:: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Table of Contents:: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: who, what and why / J.C. Gaillard
pt. I Prevention and risk reduction
2. Hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk and participation / Jc Gaillard
3. Gender aspects of disaster management / Lourdes Meyreles
4. Community-based disaster risk reduction and disaster management / Emmanuel M. Luna
5. People-centred early warning / Juan-Carlos Villagran De Leon
6. Disaster education in schools / Koichi Shiwaku
7. Many Strong Voices for climate change education: examples from Belize and Timor-Leste / Marianne Karlsson
8. Managing infrastructure, environment and disaster risk / Ana Maria Cruz
pt. II Response and recovery
9. Emergency and disaster planning / David Alexander
10. Common myths and misconceptions in disaster management / Alejandro Lopez-Carresi
11. Health aspects of disaster management / Joachim Kreysler
12. Disaster insurance for the poor / Mehul Pandya
13. Post-disaster recovery planning: introductory notes on its challenges and potentials / Camillo Boano
pt. III Regional perspectives
14. Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa / Ben Wisner
15. Disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean: four decades of evolution and change, 1970
2010 / Tania Lopez-Marrero
16. Disaster risk management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions / Krishna S. Vatsa
pt. IV Tools
17. Integrating people's capacities in disaster ̀risk reduction' through participatory mapping / J.C. Gaillard
18. knowledge integration tool for disaster risk reduction including climate change / Jessica Mercer
19. Conclusion: addressing all vulnerabilities / J.C. Gaillard.
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Contributors:: López-Carresi, Alejandro
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Subjects:: Emergency management
Crisis management
Risk management — Planning
Rescue work
Disaster relief
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource.
Call Numbers:: HV551.2 .D556 2014eb
ISBNs:: 9781136179778 (electronic bk.)
1136179771 (electronic bk.)
9781849713474 [Invalid]
1849713472 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:: 863157267
Other Control Numbers:: EBC1562237 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11607252