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Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical Outlook de Patrick Pigeon

Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical Outlook

Autor Patrick Pigeon, Julien Rebotier
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 oct 2016
This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitationsThe authors use their knowledge of the ever-evolving threats associated with disasters and their prevention to investigate this famous paradox and propose solutions that will help readers understand and reconsider its existence.The authors also discuss conditionings behind this paradox, helping readers understand the existing solutions, also suggesting how to reduce the limitations of DRR policies.


  • Offers a fresh perspective on the assessments currently available on disaster and DRR policies
  • Provides insight based on examples of DRR policies taken from Latin American, Asian, and European cases
  • Focuses on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitations
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781785481963
ISBN-10: 1785481967
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

National and international academic and management teams in the fields disaster and disaster risk reduction policies; Organizations involved in environmental protection.

Cuprins

Part 1: Disaster Prevention Policies: Paradoxical and Ambiguous Assessments
1: The Rise in Knowledge and Policies Suggest an Increase in Disasters
2: The Contributions to Disaster Prevention are Difficult to Assess
Part 2: Understanding and Managing Disaster Risk: The Multiple Limits of Specialized Approaches
Introduction
3: The Limits of Understanding Disasters
4: The Limits of Disaster Prevention: Returns on Management Experiences
Part 3: Why and How Does the Prevention of Disasters Necessitate Thinking and Acting in an Imperfect World?
Introduction
5: The Principle of Cognitive Limits: Its Application to Disaster Prevention
6: Bridging the Gap between Disaster Prevention and Environmental Concerns
7: Reflections upon the Contribution of Social Geography to Disaster Prevention
8: How Can We Best Manage Disasters?