Disaster Upon Disaster

Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice

by Barrios, Roberto E. Hoffma, Susanna M.

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A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples' culture, very little has become protocol and procedure. Disaster Upon Disaster illuminates the numerous disjunctions between…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Disaster Upon Disaster : Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice / edited by Susanna M. Hoffma, Roberto E. Barrios.

Summary

A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples' culture, very little has become protocol and procedure. Disaster Upon Disaster illuminates the numerous disjunctions between the suppositions, realities, agendas, and executions in the field, goes on to detail contingencies, predicaments, old and new plights, and finally advances solutions toward greatly improved outcomes.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2019.
  • Edition:1st edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Berghahn
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2019.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781789203462, 1789203465
  • oclc:on1124456714
  • LC Classification:HV553
  • Dewey Decimal:363.34

Subjects

Disaster relief -- Social aspects Disasters -- Social aspects Emergency management -- Social aspects NATURE -- Natural Disasters

Writers

Barrios, Roberto E. Hoffma, Susanna M.

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