Hazards, risks and disasters in society/ (Record no. 2018)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780128101544
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Classification number DUCE HC79.D45
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Title Hazards, risks and disasters in society/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Edited by Andrew e. Collins; Samantha Jones; Bernard Manyena;Janaka Jayawickrama and John F. Shroder
260 ## - PUBLISHER
Place of publication Amsterdam:
Name of publisher Elsevier,
Date of publication 2015
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Volume, Pages xvii, 405 p.:
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Dimensions 25 cm
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Title Hazards and disasters series
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General note includes bibliographical reference and index
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Summary, etc. Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society provides analyses of environmentally related catastrophes within society in historical, political and economic contexts. Personal and corporate culture mediates how people may become more vulnerable or resilient to hazard exposure. Societies that strengthen themselves, or are strengthened, mitigate decline and resultant further exposure to what are largely human induced risks of environmental, social and economic degradation. This book outlines why it is important to explore in more depth the relationships between environmental hazards, risk and disasters in society. It presents challenges presented by mainstream and non-mainstream approaches to the human side of disaster studies.<br/>By hazard categories this book includes critical processes and outcomes that significantly disrupt human wellbeing over brief or long time-frames. Whilst hazards, risks and disasters impact society, individuals, groups, institutions and organisations offset the effects by becoming strong, healthy, resilient, caring and creative. Innovations can arise from social organisation in times of crisis. This volume includes much of use to practitioners and policy makers needing to address both prevention and response activities. Notably, as people better engage prevalent hazards and risks they exercise a process that has become known as disaster risk reduction (DRR). In a context of climatic risks this is also indicative of climate change adaptation (CCA). Ultimately it represents the quest for development of sustainable environmental and societal futures. Throughout the book cases studies are derived from the world of hazards risks and disasters in society.<br/><br/> Includes sections on prevention of and response to hazards, risks and disasters<br/> Provides case studies of prominent societal challenges of hazards, risks and disasters<br/> Innovative approaches to dealing with disaster drawing from multiple disciplines and and sectors
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Discipline Social science
Subject Hazards and disasters
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Personal name Collins, A.E.
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Fuller form of name Andrew E. Collins
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Personal name Jones, B.
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Fuller form of name Samantha Jones
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Personal name Manyena, B.
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Fuller form of name Bernard Manyena
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Personal name Jayawickrama, J.
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Fuller form of name Janaka Jayawickrama
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Personal name Shroder, J.F.
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Fuller form of name John F. Shroder
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    Library of Congress Classification     Humanities and Social Sciences DUCE LIBRARY DUCE LIBRARY Humanities: Shelf HC51. C57 – HF 3887. S64 05/12/2023 3 DUCE LB79.D45 000000172920 08/29/2023 06/13/2023 2 05/12/2023 Books