Description
This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitations The authors use their knowledge of the ever-evolving threats associated with disasters and their prevention to investigate this famous paradox and propose solutions that will help readers understand and reconsider its existence. The authors also discuss conditionings behind this paradox, helping readers understand the existing solutions, also suggesting how to reduce the limitations of DRR policies.- Offers a fresh perspective on the assessments currently available on disaster and DRR policies- Provides insight based on examples of DRR policies taken from Latin American, Asian, and European cases- Focuses on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitations
Table of Contents
Part 1: Disaster Prevention Policies: Paradoxical and Ambiguous Assessments1: The Rise in Knowledge and Policies Suggest an Increase in Disasters2: The Contributions to Disaster Prevention are Difficult to AssessPart 2: Understanding and Managing Disaster Risk: The Multiple Limits of Specialized ApproachesIntroduction3: The Limits of Understanding Disasters4: The Limits of Disaster Prevention: Returns on Management ExperiencesPart 3: Why and How Does the Prevention of Disasters Necessitate Thinking and Acting in an Imperfect World?Introduction5: The Principle of Cognitive Limits: Its Application to Disaster Prevention6: Bridging the Gap between Disaster Prevention and Environmental Concerns7: Reflections upon the Contribution of Social Geography to Disaster Prevention8: How Can We Best Manage Disasters?
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