Human Security and Natural Disasters
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780415737999
Subjects: Natural disasters; Human rights
Description: "In looking at natural disasters, this book also refines the human security approach. It does so through developing its previously unexplored interdisciplinary potential. This volume explicitly seeks to bring the human security approach into conversation with contributions from a range of disciplines: development, disaster sociology, gender studies, international law, international relations, philosophy and public health. Collectively these scholars unpack the 'human' element of 'natural' disasters. In doing so, an emphasis is placed on how pre-existing vulnerabilities can be gravely worsened, as well as the interconnected nature of human security threats. The book presents a variety of case studies that include the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 'triple disaster' in Japan." --