Advanced introduction to disaster risk reduction / Douglas Paton
- Bib ID:
- 8856654
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Paton, Douglas, author
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- Description:
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- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]
- ©2022
- 1 online resource ( xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations.
- ISBN:
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- 1803920467 (electronic book)
- 9781803920467 ((electronic bk.))
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9781803920450 (cased)
- 1803920459 (cased)
- 9781803920474 (paperback)
- 1803920475 (paperback)
- Series:
- Elgar advanced introductions.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction to disaster risk reduction
- Understanding disaster risk
- Anticipation
- Preparedness
- DRR in international contexts: cross-cultural issues
- DRR in response and recovery settings
- Assessing the effectiveness of DRR: cost-benefit and evaluation perspectives
- Transformative learning, capacity development and building back better
- Conclusions and future issues.
- Biography/History:
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Douglas Paton is a Professor in the College of Health Sciences/Discipline of Psychology specialising in disaster risk reduction and recovery. He is interested in researching all-hazards and cross cultural aspects of disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery. More specifically, his work examines the development and testing of universal theories that have international applicability. Douglas holds degrees in Psychology. He is published in Nature, Natural Hazards, Current Psychiatry Reports, and the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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- Also Titled:
- Disaster risk reduction
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- Edward Elgar Publishing
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