Disaster, Development and Environment
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0471949930
ISBN 13
9780471949930
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
182
Description
A compilation of research-based essays within a political economy framework concerned with assessing the prediction, control and management of natural disasters in vulnerable Third World countries. Focuses on mitigating suffering and economic and environmental loss by sustainable control, appropriate forecasting and impact reduction measures. Includes first-hand accounts from disaster workers and academic researchers. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
2
