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LEADER: 02423cam a22003014a 4500
001 2002011567
003 DLC
005 20060807195528.0
008 020719s2003 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2002011567
015 $aGBA3-38057
020 $a0415279585 (pbk.)
020 $a0415279577
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm50243653
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dUKM$dSYB$dBAKER$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHD75$b.N396 2003
082 00 $a363.34/2$221
245 00 $aNatural disasters and development in a globalizing world /$cedited by Mark Pelling.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2003.
300 $axv, 250 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gPART I. INTRODUCTION --$tParadigms of risk /$rMark Pelling --$gPART II. GLOBAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK --$tDoes global environmental change cause vulnerability to disaster? /$rW. Neil Adger,$rNick Brooks --$tChanges in capitalism and global shifts in the distribution of hazard and vulnerability /$rBen Wisner --$tGender, disaster and development: the necessity for integration /$rMaureen Fordham --$tNatural disasters, adaptive capacity and development in the twenty-first century /$rMohammed H.I. Dore,$rDavid Etkin --$gPART III. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND VULNERABILITY --$tActors in risk /$rIan Christoplos --$tBeyond disaster, beyond diplomacy /$rIlan Kelman --$tInsurance industry: can it cope with catastrophe? /$rJulian E. Salt --$tPART IV. LOCAL CONTEXTS AND GLOBAL PRESSURES --$tSocial construction of natural disaster: Egypt and the UK /$rJacqueline Homan --$tUnderstandings of catastrophe: the landslide at La Josefina, Ecuador /$rArthur Morris --$tVulnerability reduction and the community-based approach: a Philippines study /$rKatrina Allen --$tRisk regime change and political entrepreneurship: river management in the Netherlands and Bangladesh /$rJeroen Warner --$tDisaster as manifestation of unresolved development challenges: the Marmara earthquake, Turkey /$rAplaslan Özerdem --$tEcological reconstruction of the upper reaches of the Yangtze river /$rChen Guojie --$tPART V. CONCLUSION --$tEmerging concerns /$rMark Pelling
650 0 $aEconomic development.
650 0 $aNatural disasters.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
700 1 $aPelling, Mark,$d1967-
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2002011567-d.html