The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)

Gaillard, JC

ISBN 10: 1138805629 / ISBN 13: 9781138805620

Edité par Routledge, 2021

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New.

N° de réf. du vendeur ERICA79611388056296

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)
• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1138805629
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781138805620
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New
• Type de livre: book

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Synopsis

This book argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed for normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to deconstruct concepts, methods, and forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment.

À propos de l?auteur

JC Gaillard is Professor of Geography at Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand).