Disasters -- Social aspects

Global implications of development, disasters, and climate change: responses to displacement from Asia Pacific

by Price, Susanna, (Social development specialist), Singer, Jane, (Economic and political development specialist)

fromRoutledge studies in development, displacement and resettle…

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Displacements in the Asia Pacific region are escalating. The region has for decades experienced more than half of the world's natural disasters and, in recent years, a disproportionately high share of extreme weather-related disasters, which displaced 19 million people in 2013 a…

Global implications of development, disasters and climate change: responses to displacement from Asia Pacific

fromRoutledge studies in development, displacement and resettle…

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This book shows how displaced peoples respond to interlinked impacts that unravel their social fabric and productive bases, whether through sporadic protest, organised campaigns, empowered mobility or; even community-based negotiation of resettlement solutions.

Global implications of development, disasters, and climate change: responses to displacement from Asia Pacific

fromRoutledge studies in development, displacement and resettle…

0 Type: Book

Displacements in the Asia Pacific region are escalating. The region has for decades experienced more than half of the world's natural disasters and, in recent years, a disproportionately high share of extreme weather-related disasters, which displaced 19 million people in 2013 a…

Stress testing the USA: public policy and reaction to disaster events

by Short, John R.

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"Stress tests highlight a system's weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. T…

Stress testing the USA: public policy and reaction to disaster events

by Short, John R.

0 Type: Book

Stress tests highlight a system's weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. Th…

Hearts of resilience: Singapore's Community Engagement Programme

by Asad Latif, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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A bomb attack on a hotel. A bomb in a taxi. Or a bus. Like the London 7 July 2005 bomb attacks. Or if a plot to bomb an MRT station succeeds.How would we react? Would Singaporeans stay calm? And united? Or would ethnic fault lines crack?Building networks of trust in good times i…

Hearts of Resilience: Singapore's Community Engagement Programme

by Asad Latif, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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A bomb attack on a hotel. A bomb in a taxi. Or a bus. Like the London 7 July 2005 bomb attacks. Or if a plot to bomb an MRT station succeeds. How would we react? Would Singaporeans stay calm? And united? Or would ethnic fault lines crack? Building networks of trust in good times…

Hearts of resilience: Singapore's Community Engagement Programme

by Asad Latif, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

0 Type: Book

A bomb attack on a hotel. A bomb in a taxi. Or a bus. Like the London 7 July 2005 bomb attacks. Or if a plot to bomb an MRT station succeeds. How would we react? Would Singaporeans stay calm? And united? Or would ethnic fault lines crack? Building networks of trust in good times…

The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tra…

by Ruiz, Teofilo

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Western civilization is closely associated with reason and science, and with exceptional accomplishments in art, architecture, music, and literature. Yet it has also been characterized by widespread belief in the supernatural and the irrational - with mystics who have visions of…