Disaster management : international lessons in risk reduction, response and recovery /
López-Carresi, Alejandro,editor of compilation.
Fordham, Maureen,editor of compilation.
Wisner, Ben,editor of compilation.
Kelman, Ilan,editor of compilation.
Gaillard, J. C.,editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: who, what and why / Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard -- Part I. Prevention and risk reduction. Hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk and participation / Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard -- Gender aspects of disaster management / Maureen Fordham and Lourdes Meyreles -- Community-based disaster risk reduction and disaster management / Emmanuel M. Luna -- People-centred early warning / Juan-Carlos Villagrán de León -- Disaster education in schools / Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi and Koichi Shiwaku -- Many strong voices for climate change education: examples from Belize and Timor-Leste / Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer and Marianne Karlsson -- Managing infrastructure, environment and disaster risk / Ana Maria Cruz -- Part II. Response and recovery. emergency and disaster planning / David Alexander -- Common myths and misconceptions in disaster management / Alejandro López-Carresi -- Health aspects of disaster management / Joachim Kreysler -- Disaster insurance for the poor / Mihir Bhatt, Tommy Reynolds and Mehul Pandya -- Post-disaster recovery planning: introductory notes on its challenges and potentials / Camillo Boano -- Part III. Regional perspectives. Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa / Dewald Van Niekerk and Ben Wisner -- Disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean: four decades of evolution and change, 1970-2010 / Allan Lavell and Tania López-Marrero -- Disaster risk management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions / Krishna S. Vatsa -- Part IV. Tools. Integrating people's capacities in disaster risk reduction through participatory mapping / Jake Rom D. Cadag and JC Gaillard -- A knowledge integration tool for disaster risk reduction including climate change / Ilan Kelman and Jessica Mercer -- Conclusion: addressing all vulnerabilities / Alejandro López-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and JC Gaillard and members of the practitioner advisory panel.
Emergency management.
Crisis management.
Risk management
Rescue work.
Disaster relief.