Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Contributors -- Foreword: Dancing with Donors, Dicing with Death -- PART I Vocabularies and Interpretations -- 1 Editorial Introduction to This Handbook: Why Act on Disaster …
"The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state-of-the-art and future development of c…