Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction

Bibliographic Data

ID12979302
AuthorsJ Gaillard (0000-0001-5487-6997, Laboratoire Pacte, corresponding author), Ben Wisner (London School of Economics and Political Science), Djillali Benouar (0000-0002-4436-3167, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene), Terry Cannon (University of Greenwich), Laurence Créton-Cazanave (University of the Philippines Diliman), Julie Dekens (International Institute for Sustainable Development), Maureen Fordham (Northumbria University), Claude Gilbert (Laboratoire Pacte), Kenneth Hewitt (0000-0003-2603-3348, Wilfrid Laurier University), I Kelman (0000-0002-4191-6969, CICERO Center for International Climate Research), Allan Lavell (0000-0001-5653-0287, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Costa Rica), Julie Morin (0000-0001-9601-4359, Institut de physique du globe de Paris), N'Diaye Abdoulaye (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances), Phil O’keefe (Northumbria University), Anthony Oliver‐smith (University of Florida), Quesada Cecile (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Sandrine Revet (0000-0002-1003-1834, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (0000-0003-0513-8968, University of Lausanne), Pauline Texier (Université Paris Cité), Cloé Vallette (Université de Caen Normandie)
Year2010
Volume3
Issue1
Pages66-88
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/194277861000300106
OpenAlexW1569712917
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited55

The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent. In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies, debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on disaster reduction. But a paradox remains that despite advances in technology, disasters continue to increase, affecting many individuals in rich as well as poor countries

Business · Development economics · Disaster risk reduction · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Reduction (mathematics · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management

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