Understanding vulnerability : South Asian perspectives

著者

• Bhatt, Mihir R
• Duryog Nivaran (...Network : Colombo, Sri Lanka...)
• Twigg, John

書誌事項

Understanding vulnerability : South Asian perspectives

edited by John Twigg and Mihir R. Bhatt

Intermediate Technology on behalf of Duryog Nivaran, c1998

注記

Papers selected from an international workshop in Sri Lanka in August 1997

Bibliography: p78-80

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Understanding Vulnerability breaks new ground by exploring the issues of disaster and vulnerability from a South Asian standpoint, presented in the form of case studies and essays by experts from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

目次

• Preface and Acknowledgements
• 1. Understanding Vulnerabhty - an Introduction
• JOHN TWIGG
• 2. Women Victims' View of Urban and Rural Vulnerability
• ELA R. BHATT
• 3. Drought and Household Coping Strategies among Peasant
• Communities in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
• R.B. SENAKA ARACHCHI
• 4. Coping with Climatic Disasters in Isolated Hdl
• Communities of Nepal: the Case of Rampur
• Village in Okhaldhunga
• NGAMINDRA DAHAL
• 5. Can Vulnerability be Understood? MIHIR R. BHATT
• References
• Biographical Details of Contributors
• Other Duryog Nivaran Publications on Disasters and
• Vulnerabihty

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA47719788
• ISBN:
  • 1853394556
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 84 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 303.485086330954
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Disaster victims -- South Asia
  • LCSH : Disasters -- Social aspects -- South Asia