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 engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed.
The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream »development ». Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant »root causes » to »unsafe conditions » in a »progression of vulnerability ». The other uses the concepts of »access » and »livelihood » to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others.
Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
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