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At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
At Risk Natural Hazards People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Author: Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis, Ben Wisner
The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415252157
ISBN-10: 0415252156
Publication Date: 12/10/2003
Pages: 492
Edition: 2
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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