Regions of Risk

Regions of Risk
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9781317894179
ISBN-13 : 1317894170
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Book Synopsis Regions of Risk by : Kenneth Hewitt

Download or read book Regions of Risk written by Kenneth Hewitt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field of risk and disaster in terms of three perspectives: hazards perspective; vulnerability perspective and the active perspective. The second part illustrates and develops these ideas in relation to some of the more severe dangers and disasters of the twentieth century, for example, earthquake risk, cities at risk and the civil disasters of war.


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