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Regions of Risk

Regions of Risk

Kenneth Hewitt

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1997
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Geografía
ISBN:
9780582210059
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Regions of Risk provides an introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field of risk and disaster in terms of three perspectives: hazards perspective; vulnerability perspective and the active perspective. The second part illustrates and develops these ideas in relation to some of the more severe dangers and disasters of the twentieth century, for example, earthquake risk, cities at risk and the civil disasters of war.

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