Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adapta...

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change AdaptationAuthor(s): Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer, JC Gaillard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138924567, 978-1138924567\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation aims to provide an overview and critique of the current state of knowledge, policy, and practice, encouraging engagement, and reflection on bringing the two sectors together. This long-awaited and welcomed volume makes a compelling case that a common research agenda and a series of practical policies and policy recommendations can and should be put in place.\n\nOver 40 contributions explore DRR including CCA in five parts. The first part presents and interrogates much of the typical vocabulary seen in DRR including CCA, not only pointing out the useful and not-so-useful dimensions, but also providing alternatives and positive.