Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst.

• Theorizing vulnerability in a globalized world : a political ecological perspective / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- The historical geography of disaster : 'vulnerability' and 'local knowledge' in western discourse / Greg Bankoff -- The need for rethinking the concepts of vulnerability and risk from a holistic perspective : a necessary review and criticism for effective risk management / Omar D. Cardona -- Complexity and diversity : unlocking social domains of disaster response / Dorothea Hilhorst -- The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador : risk reduction and development project / Allan Lavall -- El Niño events, forecasts and decision-making / Roger S. Pulwarty, Kenneth Broad and Timothy Finan -- Vulnerable regions versus vulnerable people : an Ethiopian case study / Linda Stephen -- From vulnerability to empowerment / Annelies Heijmans -- Progress in analysis of social vulnerability and capacity / Ian Davis -- Vulnerability reduction : a task for the vulnerable people themselves / Zenaida Delica-Willison and Robin Willison -- Macro-economic concepts of vulnerability : dynamics, complexity and public policy / Charlotte Benson -- Gendering vulnerability analysis : towards a more nuanced approach / Maureen Fordham -- Assessment of capability and vulnerability / Ben Wisner -- Vulnerability analysis as a means of strengthening policy formulation and policy practice / Georg Frerks and Stephen Bender.

• "Mapping Vulnerability, is essential reading for academics, students, policymakers and practitioners in disaster studies, geography, development studies, economics, environmental studies and sociology."--Jacket. 

Ämnesord

Disaster relief  -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Natural disasters  -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Human beings  -- Effect of environment on -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Political ecology  -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Rampenbestrijding.  (gtt)

Secours aux victimes de catastrophes  -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Catastrophes naturelles  -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Homme  -- Influence de l'environnement -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Écologie politique  -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Naturkatastrophe.  (swd)

Soziologie.  (swd)

Umwelt.  (swd)

Disasters.  (MeSH)

Geography.  (MeSH)

Socioecomic Factors.  (MeSH)

Vulnerable Populations.  (MeSH)

Genre

Aufsatzsammlung.  (swd)

Klassifikation

HV553 (LCC)

2010 J-624 (NLM)

WA 295 (NLM)

363.34/2 (DDC)

79.23 (bcl)

RB 10915 (rvk)

Oh (kssb/8 (machine generated))