Regions of risk : a geographical introduction to disasters / Kenneth Hewitt.

An introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field of risk and disaster in terms of three perspect...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Hewitt, Kenneth
Other title:	Geographical introduction to disasters.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:	Themes in resource management.
Subjects:	Hazardous geographic environments. Disasters > Social aspects.