Description: Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk by Louise Bracken, Hanna A. Ruszczyk, Tom Robinson This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropology, social work, health and emergency response are discussed in a single volume. Contributions are included from practitioners and researchers from Nepal and Durham University in the UK, many of whom were in Nepal at the time of the earthquake.Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk explores the event of the earthquake, its consequences and its impacts, to provide a holistic and multi-perspective understanding of this special hazard and its significant ramifications for social, political, economic and cultural aspects of life in Nepal. The book highlights how these multiple perspectives are needed to inform each other in order to develop and shape new ways of thinking and interacting with environmental hazards.This collection of works will be of interest to students and academics of Environment Studies, Human Geography and Environmental Policy, and will be of particular relevance to those involved in risk research and managing risk and hazard events. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropology, social work, health and emergency response are discussed in a single volume. Contributions are included from practitioners and researchers from Nepal and Durham University in the UK, many of whom were in Nepal at the time of the earthquake. Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk explores the event of the earthquake, its consequences and its impacts, to provide a holistic and multi-perspective understanding of this special hazard and its significant ramifications for social, political, economic and cultural aspects of life in Nepal. The book highlights how these multiple perspectives are needed to inform each other in order to develop and shape new ways of thinking and interacting with environmental hazards. This collection of works will be of interest to students and academics of Environment Studies, Human Geography and Environmental Policy, and will be of particular relevance to those involved in risk research and managing risk and hazard events. Author Biography Louise Bracken is Executive Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience and the Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk Research at Durham University, UK.Hanna Ruszczyk is a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University, UK.Tom Robinson is an Addison Wheeler Fellow in the Department of Geography at Durham University, UK. Table of Contents Part I: Earthquake Preparedness and Response .- 1. Introduction to the Gorkha earthquake; Hanna Ruszczyk and Tom Robinson .- 2. Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSETs Experience; Amod M. Dixit et atl. .- 3. The First 100 Hours: Emergency Response to the Gorkha Earthquake; Gopi Basyal .- 4. Health and the Nepal Earthquake: Ways Forward; Ramjee Bhandari, Chandika Shrestha and Shiva Raj Mishra .- 5. The Science of Earthquake Forecasting: Whats Next for Nepal and the Himalayan Region?; Sanchita Neupane .- 6. Disaster Games and the Role of Science for Informing High-Level Emergency Response Planning for Nepal; Tom Robinson .- Part II: Disciplinary Perspectives .- 7. Communities in the Aftermath of Nepals Earthquake; Ben Campbell .- 8. The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around; Hanna Ruszczyk .- 9. Green Social Work and the Uptake by the Nepal School of Social Work: Building Resilience in Disaster Stricken Communities; Lena Dominelli .- 10. Looking Down Not Up: Protecting thePost-Disaster Subsurface Heritage of the Kathmandu Valleys UNESCO World Heritage Site; Robin Coningham et al. .- 11.Looking and Moving Forward; Tom Robinson, Hanna Ruszczyk, and Louise Bracken. Feature Draws from multiple perspective of the Gorkha earthquake in 2015 to inform Disaster Risk Reduction research and practice Provides reflections and interviews from people caught up in the Gorkha 2015 earthquake and involved in managing emergency response and immediate recovery efforts Includes an investigation on earthquake damage and inappropriate post-disaster responses as well as noting the limited protection offered to monuments and their subsurface heritage Description for Sales People Draws from multiple perspective of the Gorkha earthquake in 2015 to inform Disaster Risk Reduction research and practice Provides reflections and interviews from people caught up in the Gorkha 2015 earthquake and involved in managing emergency response and immediate recovery efforts Includes an investigation on earthquake damage and inappropriate post-disaster responses as well as noting the limited protection offered to monuments and their subsurface heritage Details ISBN3319652109 Language English ISBN-10 3319652109 ISBN-13 9783319652108 Format Hardcover Edition 1st Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Tom Robinson Pages 192 Year 2018 DEWEY 363.3495095496 Publication Date 2018-03-02 Short Title Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk UK Release Date 2018-03-02 Illustrations XXI, 192 p. Author Tom Robinson Birth 1946 Affiliation State University of New York (Suny) Buffalo Law School Position EDFRTR Qualifications Sir Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2018 Alternative 9783030097349 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130677703;
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Book Title: Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk
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Author: Tom Robinson, Louise Bracken, Hanna A. Ruszczyk
Publication Name: Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk: the Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015
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Publisher: Springer International Publishing Ag
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, Government
Publication Year: 2018
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