Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World Contributor(s): Pelling, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415279577 ISBN-13: 9780415279574 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: "Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World" makes clear that there are links between global scale processes and local experiences of disaster, but underlies the difficulty of attributing blame for individual disasters on specific global pressures. It argues that action to reduce disaster needs to be coordinated at the local, national and global scales and that there is a need for greater integration across the physical and social sciences. In this context, the human rights agenda is seen as a way of moving disaster reduction efforts forward. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Business & Economics | Development - Business Development - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
Dewey: 363.342 |
LCCN: 2002011567 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.22 lbs) 266 pages |
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Publisher Description: The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value. Does this mean economic growth is independent of the impacts of natural disaster? Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World is the first book to acknowledge the full implications of globalization for disaster and development. The contributors to this book fully examine:
In his revealing work, author Pelling makes clear the links between global scale processes and local experiences of disaster, and underlies the difficulty of attributing blame for individual disasters on specific global pressures. He argues that action to reduce disaster must be coordinated at the local, national and global scales and that there is a need for greater integration across the physical and social sciences. In this context, the human rights agenda is seen as a way of moving disaster reduction efforts forward. |