A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch: Critical Disaster Studies Perspectives (1st ed. 2022)

By: Bruce C. Glavovic and Steve Matthewman and Shinya Uekusa

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Synopsis: This book critically surveys a decade of disasters in Ōtautahi Christchurch. It brings together a diverse range of authors, disciplinary approaches and topics, to reckon with the events that commenced with the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. Each contribution tackles its subject matter through the frame of Critical Disaster Studies (CDS). The events and the subsequent recovery provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a series of concatenating urban disasters in order to prepare us for our future on an urban planet facing unprecedented environmental pressures. The book focuses on the production of vulnerability, the human dimensions of disaster, the Indigenous response to disasters and the practical lessons that can be drawn from them.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789811668630
Related ISBNs:: 9789811668623
Publisher:: Springer Singapore, Singapore
Date of Addition:: 03/18/23
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Bruce C. Glavovic
Edited by:: Steve Matthewman
Edited by:: Shinya Uekusa