A compilation of research-based essays within a political economy framework concerned with assessing the prediction, control and management of natural disasters in vulnerable Third World countries. Focuses on mitigating suffering and economic and environmental loss by sustainable control, appropriate forecasting and impact reduction measures. Includes first-hand accounts from disaster workers and academic researchers.
- ISBN10 0470220171
- ISBN13 9780470220177
- Publish Date 13 September 1994
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 29 September 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English