Community Resilience in Natural Disasters

by Diane Bretherton and Anouk Ride

Book Overview

Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively--or negatively--to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230114288
• ISBN13: 9780230114289
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"