Disaster management : international lessons in risk reduction, response and recovery /: international lessons in risk reduction, response and recovery. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard.
• Editors: López-Carresi, Alejandro
• Contents: Introduction: who, what and why / Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard -- Part I. Prevention and risk reduction. Hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk and participation / Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard -- Gender aspects of disaster management / Maureen Fordham and Lourdes Meyreles -- Community-based disaster risk reduction and disaster management / Emmanuel M. Luna -- People-centred early warning / Juan-Carlos Villagrán de León -- Disaster education in schools / Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi and Koichi Shiwaku -- Many strong voices for climate change education: examples from Belize and Timor-Leste / Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer and Marianne Karlsson -- Managing infrastructure, environment and disaster risk / Ana Maria Cruz -- Part II. Response and recovery. emergency and disaster planning / David Alexander -- Common myths and misconceptions in disaster management / Alejandro López-Carresi -- Health aspects of disaster management / Joachim Kreysler -- Disaster insurance for the poor / Mihir Bhatt, Tommy Reynolds and Mehul Pandya -- Post-disaster recovery planning: introductory notes on its challenges and potentials / Camillo Boano -- Part III. Regional perspectives. Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa / Dewald Van Niekerk and Ben Wisner -- Disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean: four decades of evolution and change, 1970-2010 / Allan Lavell and Tania López-Marrero -- Disaster risk management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions / Krishna S. Vatsa -- Part IV. Tools. Integrating people's capacities in disaster risk reduction through participatory mapping / Jake Rom D. Cadag and JC Gaillard -- A knowledge integration tool for disaster risk reduction including climate change / Ilan Kelman and Jessica Mercer -- Conclusion: addressing all vulnerabilities / Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard and members of the practitioner advisory panel.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 330 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.34; Emergency management; Crisis management; Risk management -- Planning; Rescue work; Disaster relief; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Crisis management; Disaster relief; Emergency management; Rescue work; Risk management -- Planning; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136179761; 1136179763; 9780203082539; 0203082532; 1306132207; 9781306132206
• Related ISBNs: 9781849713474; 1849713472
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.