Avoidable Deaths
A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management
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Beschreibung
This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions of the 21st century: why deaths continue to occur in natural disasters despite the tremendous advancements in disaster management science and weather forecasting systems, increased sophistication of human-built environments and ongoing economic and policy development worldwide. By presenting an interdisciplinary tool for analysing ‘systems failure’, the book provides concrete suggestions on how deaths may be reduced in resource-poor contexts. It goes beyond traditional risk and vulnerability perspectives and demonstrates that deaths in disasters are complex problems that can be solved by adopting a socio-technical perspective to improve current disaster management systems in the developing world.
The book is a timely contribution, as it directly addresses Global Target One of the UN’s ‘Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction’, which has urged 185 UN Member States to reduce disaster mortality by 2030. Further, it offers a valuable resource for students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners interested in disaster risk reduction, human rights, gender, sociology of risk, crisis and disasters, environmental science, organisation and management studies.
Identifies essential characteristics of socio-technical disaster management systems in order to help disaster managers and practitioners improve their planning and policies Defines a set of knowledge, skills and expertise required for first and second level disaster responders to deal with ‘disaster climates’ in order to reduce deaths Presents case studies and gender-disaggregated mortality data
Identifies essential characteristics of socio-technical disaster management systems in order to help disaster managers and practitioners improve their planning and policies Defines a set of knowledge, skills and expertise required for first and second level disaster responders to deal with ‘disaster climates’ in order to reduce deaths Presents case studies and gender-disaggregated mortality data Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett
Themen in »Avoidable Deaths«
Socio-technical Disaster Management System Disaster Risk Reduction Disaster Climate Gender Disaggregated Mortality Data Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Disaster Mortality Systems Alignment Cyclone Hazard Cyclone Phailin Odisha