02186cam a22002298i 4500999001700000020001800017041000900035082001800044245012700062260002800189300001500217504005100232520133800283546001301621650004001634650004201674650004201716700003101758700002701789942001201816952012801828  c37965d37965  a9781032113432  aeng-00a363.348bWHY-00aWhy vulnerability still matters :bthe politics of disaster risk creation /cedited by Greg Bankoff and Dorothea Hilhorst.  aUK :bRoutledge,c2022.  axiv, 240p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"We think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapters and case studies written by eminent disaster studies scholars that deal with the politics of disaster risk creation: precarity, conflict, and climate change. The chapters in this book highlight different aspects of vulnerability and disaster risk creation, placing the stress rightly on what causes disasters and explaining the politics of how they are created through a combination of human interference with natural processes, the social production of vulnerability, and the neglect of response capacities. Importantly, too, the book provides a platform for many of those most prominently involved in launching disaster studies as a social discipline to reflect on developments over the past 50 years and to comment on current trends. The interdisciplinary and historical perspective that this book provides will appeal to scholars and practitioners at both the national and international level seeking to study, develop, and support effective social protection strategies to prevent or mitigate the effects of hazards on vulnerable populations. It will also prove an invaluable reference work for students and all those interested in the future safety of the world we live in"--  aEnglish. 0aDisaster reliefxPolitical aspects. 0aHazard mitigationxPolitical aspects. 0aNatural disastersxPolitical aspects.1 aHihorst, Dorotheaeeditor.1 aBankoff, Gregeeditor.  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2023-03-16eOverseasg0.00l0o363.348 WHY-p53627r2023-06-02 00:00:00v0.00w2023-06-02yBK