Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean

The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction

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• Simon Hollis

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• 206 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Geografia & Topografia
• Mappe e viaggi
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Scienze sociali

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This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Theoretical Framework 2. The Future Present: A Global Worldview of Disaster Resilience 3. The Future Past: Disaster Resilience in the Pacific 4. The Present Future: Disaster Resilience in the Caribbean 5. Being Resilient 6. A Personalist Ethics of Resilience Conclusion

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2020

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