From Hazard to Disaster
The Vulnerability of People in South Asia
$405.18
- Hardcover
218 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2026
Summary
This volume explores the complex relationships between hazard, vulnerability, and disaster for steering the challenges posed by disaster. Divergent to popular conviction and moving beyond a technocratic approach, this book argues that natural hazards alone do not result in disasters. When they intersect with the vulnerability of vulnerable people, these hazards turn into disastrous events. Mostly depending on qualitative and comparative investigation, the book contends that various people – m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781041273585 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1041273584 |
| Author: | Pradeep Kumar Parida |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 218 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Pradeep Kumar Parida
Pradeep Kumar Parida is Professor of Sociology at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. He has contributed extensively to sociology of disasters with publications appearing in various international and national journals. He has been in the field of academics for the last 27 years and developed keen interest in sociology of development and sociology of disasters, importantly in the social dimensions of environmental risks and hazards. He is the editor of the book Natural Disaster and Women: The Gendered Perspective.
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