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Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability
- Floods and slum life in Indonesia
Engelsk
Bogcover for Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability af Roanne van Voorst, 9780815355014
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
178
ISBN-13:
9780815355014
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0815355017
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
22 dec 2017
Størrelse i cm:
15,6 x 23,0 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
22 dec 2017
Forfatter(e):

Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

- Floods and slum life in Indonesia
Engelsk
Paperback 2017
Format:

Bog beskrivelse

Different people handle risk in different ways. The current lack of understanding about this heterogeneity in risk behaviour makes it difficult to intervene effectively in risk-prone communities.

Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

offers a unique insight in the everyday life of a group of riverbank settlers in Jakarta - one of the most vulnerable areas worldwide in terms of exposure to natural hazards. Based on long-term fieldwork, the book portrays the often creative and innovative ways in which slum dwellers cope with recurrent floods. The book shows that behaviour that is often described as irrational or ineffective by outside experts can be highly pragmatic and often effective. This book argues that human risk behaviour cannot be explained by the risk itself, but instead by seemingly unrelated factors such as trust in authorities and aid-institutions and unequal power structures. By considering a risk as a lens that exposes these factors, a completely new type of analysis is proposed that offers useful insights for everyone concerned about how people cope with the currently increasing amount of natural hazard.

This is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy makers in the areas of risk studies, disaster and natural hazard, urban studies, anthropology, development, Southeast Asian studies and Indonesia studies.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
178
ISBN-13:
9780815355014
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0815355017
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
22 dec 2017
Størrelse i cm:
15,6 x 23,0 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
22 dec 2017
Forfatter(e):
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