Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction (Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1607415747
ISBN 13
9781607415749
Category
Disaster Management
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc., New York, United States
Pages
490
Description
Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has been practised in communities over time. While many organisations recognise the importance of IK for disaster risk reduction (DRR), there has been few studies analysing the principles of IK and its applicability to the modern context. This is one of the first attempts of systematic study of IK in DRR. - from Amzon
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1
