Toward Resilience: A guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

Turnbull, Marilise; Sterrett, Charlotte; Hilleboe, Amy

ISBN 10: 1853397865 / ISBN 13: 9781853397868

Published by Practical Action Publishing, 2013

Like New condition. With CD! A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Seller Inventory # H17A-02605

Synopsis:

Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource for development and humanitarian practitioners working with populations at risk of disasters and other impacts of climate change.

About the Authors: Marilise Turnbull has 20 years’ field, management and advisory experience in the humanitarian and development sectors. She has worked in high-risk contexts in Latin America, Africa and Asia, seeking to support vulnerable communities to realize and enjoy their rights.

Charlotte Sterrett has worked for the past decade with NGOs across a number of development issues. She has extensive experience working directly with communities through programming and advocacy, with NGOs in developing organisational strategies and polices relevant to climate change, and has engaged in campaigning and advocacy activities to influence international climate change negotiations.

Amy Hilleboe is is the Senior Technical Advisor for Disaster Risk Reduction for Catholic Relief Services. She has worked with CRS for 20 years and has vast experience in emergency preparedness and response programs and has been working with DRR programs since 1996. She has also been the DRR Advisor with the Emergency Capacity Building Program on behalf of CRS since 2007.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Toward Resilience: A guide to disaster risk ...
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New