Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management

By Nibedita Ray-Bennett

Identifies essential characteristics of socio-technical disaster management systems in order to help disaster managers and practitioners improve their planning and policies Defines a set of knowledge, skills and expertise required for first and second level disaster responders to deal with 'disaster climates' in order to reduce deaths Presents case studies and gender-disaggregated mortality data

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319669508
• ISBN13: 9783319669502
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 112 Pages