Disaster theory : an interdisciplinary approach to concepts and causes /: an interdisciplinary approach to concepts and causes. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Etkin.
• Authors: Etkin, David
• Contents: Foreword by Ian Burton 1. What is a Disaster? 2. Disaster Data (with Susan MacGregor) 3. Disaster Risk 4. Hazard, Vulnerability, and Resilience 5. Disasters and Complexity 6. Disaster Models 7. Myths and Fallacies 8. The Poetry of Disaster (with Nicole Cooley) 9. Ethics and Disaster (with Peter Timmerman) 10. Workshop on Principles of Disaster Management (with Ian Davis) 11. Final Reflections Appendix I Appendix II: Statistics Canada Appendix III: Interviews with Ian Burton and Ken Hewitt
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34; Disasters
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128003558
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