Community Resilience in Natural Disasters

Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively - or negatively - to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ride, Anouk (Editor), Bretherton, Diane (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2011, 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively - or negatively - to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis
Physical Description:IX, 198 p online resource
ISBN:9780230339323