|
|
|
books
| book details |
Crisis as an Opportunity: Organizational and Community Responses to Disasters
By (author) Roni Kaufman, By (author) Richard Edwards, By (author) Julia Mirsky, By (author) Amos Avgar
|
| on special |
normal price: R 1,683.95
Price: R 1,515.95
|
| book description |
Natural and human-made disasters appear to be increasing in frequency and scope, commanding extensive media attention. Growing sensitivity to issues of preparedness and community response has created a greater interest among academics and practitioners. The Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, mudslides in Brazil, earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Japan, Turkey, China, and other countries have garnered worldwide notice. Human-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center or in Oklahoma City, Spain, England, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan, and various other countries, or attacks on schoolchildren in places such as Columbine and various communities in China, send shockwaves throughout societies. This book addresses the development of long-term interventions following disasters, emphasizing disadvantaged communities. Attention is given to the role of change agents, such as local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and psychosocial professionals, to ensure that the window of opportunity is realized, generating immediate help and sustained community development.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | University Press of America
Published date | 25 Aug 2011
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 222
Dimensions | 233 x 154 x 16mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 340g
ISBN | 978-0-7618-5621-4
Readership Age |
BISAC | social science / disasters & disaster relief
| other options |
|
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
This first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation illuminates Rhodes’s vision for the expansion of imperialism in southern Africa, connecting politics and industry to internal development, and examines how this fueled a lasting, white-dominated colonial society.
|
Let's stare the future down and, instead of fearing AI, become solutionists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
