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9780198841357

Disaster by Choice How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198841357

  • ISBN10:

    0198841353

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2022-05-24
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, and Professor II, University of Agder

Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, England and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health
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Table of Contents


Prelude: Disasters are not natural
1. An island shattered
2. Nature's hazards
3. The story of vulnerability
4. Vulnerability by choice
5. Making the choice
6. Making the change
Endnotes
Further reading

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