Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System Ruminations on a Way Forward
Description
This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.
Keywords
ScienceEnvironmental ScienceEarth SciencesMeteorology & ClimatologyPolitical ScienceInternational RelationsTrade & TariffsNatureNatural DisastersPublic PolicyEconomic Policy
2016Book
Author(s)Michael Gordy
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
ISBN9783319416663
LanguageEnglish
