VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND DISASTERS

Vulnerability Analysis and Disasters. Terry Cannon. Chapter in: D J Parker (ed.) Floods Routledge, 2000. INTRODUCTION. In recent years there has been a welcome growth in the literature on disasters that recognises the significance of people's vulnerability to hazards, rather than retaining a narrow focus on the hazards themselves (Mitchell (ed.), 1998; Hewitt, 1997; Blaikie et al, 1994; Varley ... ................
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