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Towards Disaster Risk Reduction: A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters book cover

1st Edition

Towards Disaster Risk Reduction A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters

Edited By Jason K. Levy, Chennat Gopalakrishnan Copyright 2013
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge
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This book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the many timely and important issues associated with building a culture of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction. This book not only provides key insights into the field of natural hazard and disaster studies but also assesses the causes, perspectives, and consequences of... Read more

1. Introduction: A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters—Towards Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)  2. The L’Aquila Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Italian Government Policy on Disaster Response  3. Using Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk  4. The Dynamics of Informal Responses to Covariate Shocks  5. Negotiation Support for Environmental Disaster Management: Drama Theory II and the Survival of Louisiana’s Indigenous Gulf Coast Tribes  6. A Gap Hazard Analysis: Initiating Policy Development with Mountainous Communities

Biography

Jason K. Levy is Associate Professor of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He is also Director of the National Homeland Security Project.

Chennat Gopalakrishnan is Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

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