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Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia
William Waugh
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Description for Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia
Hardback. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management provides a series of cross-disciplinary approaches and methods which are exemplified by case studies from different parts of the world. Volume 18 looks at how cities and countries recover from catastrophic disasters with a specific focus on Asia. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Volume 18 of the Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series looks at how cities and countries recover from catastrophic disasters with a specific focus on Asia. Asia has experienced devastating disasters over the centuries. Proximity to the seismically active Ring of Fire and other plate boundaries, long Pacific and Indian Ocean coastlines, major river and tributary courses, desert and semi-desert areas, and other geographic features create a diversity of hazards and potential hazards. Chapters cover topics including International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery, Disaster exceptionalism in India, Immigrant and refugee experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku, ... Read more
Volume 18 of the Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series looks at how cities and countries recover from catastrophic disasters with a specific focus on Asia. Asia has experienced devastating disasters over the centuries. Proximity to the seismically active Ring of Fire and other plate boundaries, long Pacific and Indian Ocean coastlines, major river and tributary courses, desert and semi-desert areas, and other geographic features create a diversity of hazards and potential hazards. Chapters cover topics including International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery, Disaster exceptionalism in India, Immigrant and refugee experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Condition
New
Series
Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786352965
SKU
V9781786352965
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About William Waugh
William L. Waugh Jr. is Professor Emeritus in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Management. Dr. Waugh is the author of International Terrorism (1982); Terrorism and Emergency Management (1990); and Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters (2000); and the coeditor of Handbook of Emergency Management (1990); Cities and ... Read more
Reviews for Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia
Sociologists and specialists in technical and policy aspects of disaster planning and response present case studies to illustrate particularly Asian approaches to recovering from catastrophe. Their topics include social capital and changes in post-disaster recovery process: observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the restoration of communities following the Great East Japan Disaster: the transformation of mutual help networks ... Read more