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Making Disasters
Janes, Craig R.; Chuluundorj, Oyuntsetseg
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Description for Making Disasters
Paperback. Series: Resident Scholar Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 halftones, 3 maps, 8 charts, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
Although extreme winter events have always threatened herders on the Central Asian steppe, the frequency and severity of these disasters have increased since Mongolia’s transition from a socialist Soviet satellite state to a free-market economy. This book describes the significant challenges caused by the retreat of the state from the rural economy and its consequences not only for rural herders but for the country as a whole. The authors analyze a broad range of phenomena that are fundamentally linked to the adverse social and economic consequences of climate change, including urbanization and urban poverty, access to essential health care and ... Read more
Although extreme winter events have always threatened herders on the Central Asian steppe, the frequency and severity of these disasters have increased since Mongolia’s transition from a socialist Soviet satellite state to a free-market economy. This book describes the significant challenges caused by the retreat of the state from the rural economy and its consequences not only for rural herders but for the country as a whole. The authors analyze a broad range of phenomena that are fundamentally linked to the adverse social and economic consequences of climate change, including urbanization and urban poverty, access to essential health care and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Resident Scholar Book
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781938645624
SKU
V9781938645624
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Ref
99-1
About Janes, Craig R.; Chuluundorj, Oyuntsetseg
Medical anthropologist Craig R. Janes is a professor and the director of the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is a contributor to A Companion to Medical Anthropology. Oyuntsetseg Chuluundorj is a researcher at the United Nations Population Fund in Mongolia.
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