UNDRO News
UNDRO News

Author: Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Regions of Risk
Regions of Risk

Author: Kenneth Hewitt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1317894162

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An introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field of risk and disaster in terms of three perspectives: hazards perspective; vulnerability perspective and the active perspective. The second part illustrates and develops these ideas in relation to some of the more severe dangers and disasters of the twentieth century, for example, earthquake risk, cities at risk and the civil disasters of war.

The News Media, Civil War, and Humanitarian Action
The News Media, Civil War, and Humanitarian Action

Author: Larry Minear

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781555876760

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"This brief volume looks at institutional interactions between the news media (both print and electronic) on the one hand, and government policymakers and humanitarian agencies on the ogher. Case studies from Liberia, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, Haiti, and Rwanda distill some of the experiences gained from calamities that have elicited widely varying coverage and responses. Acknowledging that the three sets of actors have differing agendas, limitations, and constituencies, the book nevertheless identifies a common interest in improving the quality of interactions for the benefit of victims." -- from "About the book"