Regions of Risk

A Geographical Introduction to Disasters

Kenneth Hewitt

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English

Longman
07 February 1997

Social impact of disasters; Emergency services; Management of land & natural resources; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Themes In Resource Management

Providing a general introduction to the key concepts and existing debates within the field of hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, this text is concerned with more severe or novel disasters. The book draws upon a wide variety of case studies involving natural and technological hazards and social violence. It places emphasis upon the predictions of, and vulnerability to, disaster and links between, risk, land resource use, technological and social organization, and economic development. The work includes cross-cultural comparisons and the international scope of risks and disaster responses. It also provides an examination of perspectives and social concerns in different cultural and environmental concepts and in the roles of gender, age, occupation, ethnicity and the other social circumstances in vulnerability and loss.

By: Kenneth Hewitt
Imprint: Longman
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780582210059
ISBN 10: 0582210054
Series: Themes In Resource Management
Pages: 410
Publication Date: 07 February 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

APPROACHES TO RISK AND DISASTER: Introduction: Danger and ModernityRisk and Damaging Events The Geographicalness of Disaster Natural Hazards Technological Hazards Social Hazards: Violence and the Disasters of War Vulnerability Perspectives: The Human Ecology of Endangerment Active Perspectives: Responses to Disaster and Adjustments to Risks COMMUNITIES AT RISK, PLACES OF DISASTER: 'Unnatural' Disasters: The Case of Earthquake Hazards Contexts of Risk: Mountain Land Hazards and Vulnerabilities Risks in the City Place Annihilation: Air War and the Vulnerability of Cities Holocaust: Genocide and Geographical Calamity Concluding Remarks: the perspective of ideas

Kenneth Hewitt