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Summary:

"Disaster research has been studied from many angles, seldom targeting its implications for vulnerable territories in Africa. Entities most subject to the effects of climate change are often undeveloped and located in disadvantaged regions. Post-disaster communities need to scrutinize the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that stagnate sustainable growth. Acknowledging that low economic development and high climate costs cannot coexist, this collected volume interrogates the challenge for disaster-prone territories to determine strategies for restructuring and redesigning their environment. This book proposes the creation of knowledge economies, whereby empowered communities may produce innovative knowledge translatable across the African diaspora"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Knowledge production for disaster recovery / Pamela Waldron-Moore
• Conceptual framework : knowledge capital in the African diaspora / Pamela Waldron-Moore
• Louisiana : collaborative energies and post-disaster solutions / Jessica Dandridge and Yeishka Montalvo
• Haiti : building social capital through media connectivity / Shearon Roberts
• Rwanda : socio-cultural practices for resilience and recovery / Samuel Habimana and Emmanuel Biracyaza
• Sankofa : a model of sustainable development / Pamela Waldron-Moore
• Epilogue : post-disaster solutions for development / Pamela Waldron-Moore.

Contributors:

Waldron-Moore, Pamela , editor, author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Designing knowledge economies for disaster resilience (New York : Berghahn Books, 2024 — ISBN 9781805391708; LCCN 2023021758)

Related Series:

Catastrophes in context; v. 7

Subjects:

Knowledge economy — Developing countries

Economic development — Environmental aspects — Developing countries

Natural disasters — Economic aspects — Developing countries

Natural disasters — Developing countries — Planning

African diaspora

Knowledge economy

Economic development — Environmental aspects

Economic development

Natural disasters — Economic aspects

Natural disasters

Natural disasters — Planning

Developing countries

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HD30.2 .D4677 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781805391715 (electronic book)
1805391712 (electronic book)
9781805394006 (electronic bk.)
1805394002 (electronic bk.)
9781805391708 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023021759

OCLC Numbers:

1396188266