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| fixed length control field |
01762nam a22002057a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781138805620 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English. |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
363.34 |
| Item number |
GAI-I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gaillard, J. C. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Invention of Disaster : |
| Sub Title |
power and knowledge in discourses on hazard and vulnerability / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
JC Gaillard |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Routledge, |
| Year of publication |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xviii, 252p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. It further challenges forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment that have been rolled out as standard and ultimate solutions to reduce the risk of disaster. Ultimately, the book encourages the emergence of a more diverse set of world views/senses and ways of knowing for both studying disasters and informing policy and practice of disaster risk reduction. Such pluralism is essential to better reflect local realities of what disasters actually are around the world.<br/><br/>This book is an essential read for scholars and postgraduate students interested in disaster studies as well as policy-makers and practitioners of disaster risk reduction. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Disaster relief. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Hazard mitigation. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Marginality, Social. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
