Disaster Management: International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice.

Author: Alejandro Lopez-Carresi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/22/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780415717441

About the Author

Alejandro López-Carresi is founder and director of CEDEM Centre for Disaster and Emergency Management in Madrid, Spain.

Maureen Fordham is Principal Lecturer and Enterprise Fellow at the Department of Geography, Northumbria University, UK.

Ben Wisner, who has worked in development and hazards for 47 years, is a research affiliate at University College London, UK.

Ilan Kelman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) in Norway.

JC Gaillard is an Associate Professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.