Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction soon to be published by Routledge
From: JC Gaillard <jc.gaillard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear all,
Sorry for cross posting!
Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman and I are very happy to announce the forthcoming publication of our Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. The Handbook aims to provide a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy-making, and practice in an international and multidisciplinary context. In a nutshell, it is 3 years of hard work, 65 chapters, 142 boxes, 890 pages and 6088 emails (this is the 6089th)!
Routledge is currently offering a 20% discount to those who purchase the book through their website: Routledge.com. To take advantage of this discount, use the code LRJ50. Still, we are painfully aware that this is an expensive book. That is why we are currently trying to negotiate a sliding price scale for an e-book version so that civil society, research and teaching institutions in low income countries can have access. The royalties are going to two NGOs that work on DRR in the Caribbean and the Philippines.
You can also recommend the Handbook to a librarian.
If it happens that you purchase the Handbook and/or read it straight through (make sure first that you read the health advisory in chapter 1!) do not hesitate to send your comments, additions, objections and questions to www.radixonline.org.
Best wishes,
JC
New from Routledge!Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk ReductionEdited by Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard, Ilan Kelman This handbook offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section One situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section Two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section Three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section Four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section Five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. It provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies. Click here for a full table of contents. Author BiographyBen Wisner is a retired Professor who has worked on the interface between disaster risk reduction and sustainable human development since 1966. He currently conducts research and advises institutions such as the Global Network of Civil Society for Disaster Reduction. JC Gaillard is Senior Lecturer at the School of Environment of The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Ilan Kelman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO). Published October 2011 by Routledge Hardback: 978-0-415-59065-5: $225.00 ($180 with discount) |
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JC Gaillard, PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Environment
The University of Auckland / Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
New Zealand / Aotearoa
Email: jc.gaillard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://web.env.auckland.ac.nz/people_profiles/gaillard_j/
Tel: +64 (0)9 923 9679
Fax: +64 (0)9 373 7434
Skype ID: gaillard_jc
Editor of Disaster Prevention and Management: www.emeraldinsight.com/dpm.htm
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