Disaster Risk Governance: Four Cases from Developing Countries, Thomp PB..

Name: Disaster Risk Governance: Four Cases from Developing Countries, Thomp PB..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Disaster Risk GovernanceFour Cases from Developing Countries\nAuthor(s): Denise Thompson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032090931, 978-1032090931\nSynopsis\nDisaster Risk Governance offers the first extensive engagement with disaster risk governance in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last decade and a half Kenya, Jamaica, Dominica, and Zanzibar have all suffered massive destruction from disasters caused by natural hazards. Despite the tremendous investments in disaster risk reduction (DRR), disasters have wiped out the developmental gains of these countries. \n\nIn this book, Denise Thompson argues that disaster risk governance (DRG) as a practical and academic matter has not been given the attention it deserves, and as a result, this neglect has undermined the time, money and resources invested in DRR in developing countries since the late 1970s and early 1980s. Thompson proposes that properly co.