Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. The events of 9/11 and the promise of future attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, and the inevitable consequences of environmental devastation…
Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. The events of 9/11 and the promise of future attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, and the inevitable consequences of environmental devastation…
This volume explores the discourse of disaster and women in the existing social settings and state disaster-related affairs in coastal Bangladesh. It covers various issues ranging from disproportionate vulnerability, coping and adaptation mechanisms for women, limitations for pr…
Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia
by Atta-ur-Rahman, Shaw, Rajib, Surjan, Akhilesh
Urban disasters and resilience in Asia
"Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on this planet. This book analyzes the efforts of Westerners to keep the catastrophes outside, while maintaining order on the inside of soc…
"Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on this planet. This book analyzes the efforts of Westerners to keep the catastrophes outside, while maintaining order on the inside of soc…
The 'Katrina effect': on the nature of catastrophe
Catastrophe and the "Katrina Effect" / William M. Taylor and Michael P. Levine -- Reckoning : Disaster and Justice. The Effect of Katrina on Ideas of Justice / Naomi Zack ; New Orleans, 2005, and Port-au-Prince, 2010 : Some Reflections on Trans-American Disaster in the Twenty-fi…
The 'Katrina effect': on the nature of catastrophe
"On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media's attention and featured in the 'imagination of disaster' l…
The 'Katrina effect': on the nature of catastrophe
The 'Katrina effect': on the nature of catastrophe
"On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media's attention and featured in the 'imagination of disaster' l…
The 'Katrina effect': on the nature of catastrophe
"On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media's attention and featured in the 'imagination of disaster' l…