{"product_id":"at-risk-natural-hazards-peoples-vulnerability-and-disasters-9780415252164","title":"At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters\u003c\/strong\u003e by Terry Cannon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780415252164.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term natural disaster is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase natural disaster suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed.\nThe updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream development. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant root causes to unsafe conditions in a progression of vulnerability. The other uses the concepts of access and livelihood to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others.\nExamining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958139252789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415252164","price":45.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415252164_99b3ca68-7b19-4b59-aeed-7ddceaa43ba2.jpg?v=1778666419","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/at-risk-natural-hazards-peoples-vulnerability-and-disasters-9780415252164","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}