Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice (Catastrophes in Context, 2)
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| Management number | 231891198 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$10.33 | Model Number | 231891198 | ||
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A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples’ culture, very little has become protocol and procedure. Disaster Upon Disaster illuminates the numerous disjunctions between the suppositions, realities, agendas, and executions in the field, goes on to detail contingencies, predicaments, old and new plights, and finally advances solutions toward greatly improved outcomes. Read more
| ISBN10 | 1789206480 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1789206487 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches |
| Book 2 of 3 | Catastrophes in Context |
| Item Weight | 1.08 pounds |
| Print length | 354 pages |
| Publication date | October 3, 2019 |
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