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At Risk : Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters by Blaikie, Piers M. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is At Risk : Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters about?

At Risk reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters. Establishing that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment, the book argues that disaster mitigation is rooted in the potential humans have to understand their vulnerability and to take common action.Famines and drought, biological hazards, floods, coastal storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides: At Risk draws practical and policy conclusions with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of a safer environment.

Author

Blaikie, Piers M.

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134528608

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Anthropology

Rating

3.97 / 5 (37 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14