Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System: Ruminations on a Way Forward (SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies) - Softcover

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Gordy, Michael

 
9783319416663: Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System: Ruminations on a Way Forward (SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies)

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This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.

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This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagship reports on disaster risk reduction of the United Nations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including governmental policy makers.

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ISBN 10:  3319416685 ISBN 13:  9783319416687
Publisher: Springer, 2016
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