Disaster management: legal policy perspectives
This book frames 'natural' disasters within political boundaries, through social and economic considerations. It includes the following: (i) Disaster management the development perspective; (ii) Disaster management planning for archaeological archives; (iii) Disaster risk management in a changing climate; (iv) Bringing the Caribbean disaster management and climate change; (v) Disaster reduction outcomes relevant to climate change initiatives; (vi) Climate change and disaster risk management; (vii) Role of remote sensing in disaster management; (viii) Sociological theories and disaster studies; (ix) Policy legal and institutional arrangements and planning for disaster management; (x) Ecological model of disaster management; (xi) Living with risk: toward effective disaster management training; (xii) Role of non government organizations in earthquake disaster management; (xiii) Disaster risk reduction under changing climate conditions; (xiv) Warfare, disasters and democracy; and (xv) Environmental management and emergency management in post disaster reconstruction.