Social Vulnerability to Disasters Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2009-08-10
Publisher: CRC Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 1420078569
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Social Vulnerability to Disasters pdf
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In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different circumstances, they share a common factor: the overwhelming majority of victims are women, children, elderly, disadvantaged, or disabled. Evidence gathered from these events clearly demonstrates how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts. Focusing explicitly on the social construction of disasters, Social Vulnerability to Disasters examines how the characteristics of an event alone do not create the tragedies that unfurl. The book discusses why such vulnerabilities exist, what can be done to foster change, and ultimately, reduce vulnerabilities and build capacity. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach to examine historical, geographic, social, and cultural factors and conditions that put people differently at risk before, during, and after disasters. The contributo Download Social Vulnerability to Disasters for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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