Contextualizing Disaster

• Diğer Yazarlar: Button, Gregory V. (Editör), Schuller, Mark (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Berghahn Books 2016
• Konular: Natural disasters; Social impact of disasters; Nature; Natural Disasters; Social Science; Disasters & Disaster Relief
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Özet

"Contextualizing Disaster" offers a comparative analysis of six recent highly visible disasters and several slow-burning, hidden, crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena.

ISBN

9781789204773

Erişim

Open Access