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Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical Outlook

Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical Outlook


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This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitationsThe authors use their knowledge of the ever-evolving threats associated with disasters and their prevention to investigate this famous paradox and propose solutions that will help readers understand and reconsider its existence.The authors also discuss conditionings behind this paradox, helping readers understand the existing solutions, also suggesting how to reduce the limitations of DRR policies.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Disaster Prevention Policies: Paradoxical and Ambiguous Assessments 1: The Rise in Knowledge and Policies Suggest an Increase in Disasters 2: The Contributions to Disaster Prevention are Difficult to Assess Part 2: Understanding and Managing Disaster Risk: The Multiple Limits of Specialized Approaches Introduction 3: The Limits of Understanding Disasters 4: The Limits of Disaster Prevention: Returns on Management Experiences Part 3: Why and How Does the Prevention of Disasters Necessitate Thinking and Acting in an Imperfect World? Introduction 5: The Principle of Cognitive Limits: Its Application to Disaster Prevention 6: Bridging the Gap between Disaster Prevention and Environmental Concerns 7: Reflections upon the Contribution of Social Geography to Disaster Prevention 8: How Can We Best Manage Disasters?

About the Author :
Patrick Pigeon lectures in Geography at the University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc in France. His research focuses on geomorphology and risks geography. Julien Rebotier is a researcher at the SET Laboratory of CNRS in Pau, France. His research interests include social and political geography of the environment and political ecology discourses.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781785481963
  • Publisher: ISTE Press Ltd - Elsevier Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: ISTE Press Ltd - Elsevier Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Weight: 544 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1785481967
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Challenging and Critical Outlook
  • Width: 152 mm


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