Autor: Ben Wisner

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people di …

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people di …

‚The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.‘ Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa …

‚The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.‘ Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa …

Published with Pro Vention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat ‚This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing regio …

Published with Pro Vention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat ‚This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing regio …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critica …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critica …

The term ’natural disaster‘ is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase ’natural disaster‘ suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply en …

The term “natural disaster“ is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase “natural disaster“ suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deepl …

Some aspects of giftedness and creativity cannot be explained by cognitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isolation. At the intersection of these approaches is someth …

Some aspects of giftedness and creativity cannot be explained by cognitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isolation. At the intersection of these approaches is someth …