Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience

Type

Book

Authors

Companion ( Michele )

Chaiken ( Miriam S. )

ISBN 13

9781498760966

Tags

Urban Planning & Development, Disaster Relief, Physical, City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy, Anthropology

Description

As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas seeks to identify and understand factors that create vulnerability and strategies that enhance resilience at all levels of social organization. This book uses case studies from around the globe to demonstrate ways that communities have fostered resilience to mitigate the impacts of climate change. - from Amzon

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