Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)

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Synopsis
We think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapters and case studies written by eminent disaster studies scholars that deal with the politics of disaster risk creation: precarity, conflict, and climate change. The chapters highlight different aspects of vulnerability and disaster risk creation, placing the stress rightly on what causes disasters and explaining the politics of how they are created through a combination of human interference with natural processes, the social production of vulnerability, and the neglect of response capacities. Importantly, too, the book provides a platform for many of those most prominently involved in launching disaster studies as a social discipline to reflect on developments over the past 50 years and to comment on current trends. The interdisciplinary and historical perspective that this book provides will appeal to scholars and practitioners at both the national and international level seeking to study, develop, and support effective social protection strategies to prevent or mitigate the effects of hazards on vulnerable populations. It will also prove an invaluable reference work for students and all those interested in the future safety of the world we live in.
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
240 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000570991
Related ISBNs:
9781003219453, 9781032113432, 9781032113418
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Greg Bankoff and Dorothea Hilhorst
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Greg Bankoff
Edited by:
Dorothea Hilhorst

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