UID:
edocfu_9958093330902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (287 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-68232-8
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1-134-68233-6
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1-280-40831-6
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9786610408313
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0-203-02807-4
Inhalt:
This book provides a global view of the social effects of disaster in developed and developing countries. It focuses on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in the US and other recent disasters to examine vulnerability and post-disaster recovery strategies. The authors also explore the ways state policy can reduce vulnerability in the future.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 A common disaster; 2 Perspectives on disasters; 3 Situating the Northridge earthquake; 4 Situating the communities and the research; 5 Responding to Northridge; 6 Restructuring after Northridge; 7 Vulnerability, sustainability, and social change; References; Name index; Subject index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-138-97728-4
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-17897-5
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203028070
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