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dc.contributor.authorCannon, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T12:52:27Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T12:52:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-16
dc.identifier.citationCannon, T. and Schipper, L. (eds) (2014) World Disasters Report 2014 - Focus on Culture and Risk, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societiesen
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/13896
dc.description.abstractThis year, the World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008) or a volcanic eruption on the mountain god (Mount Merapi). After the tsunami in 2004, many people in Aceh (Indonesia) believed that Allah had punished them for allowing tourism or drilling for oil, and similar beliefs were widespread in the United States regarding Hurricane Katrina, showing God’s displeasure with aspects of the behaviour of the people who live in or visit New Orleans. Most people who live in places that are exposed to serious hazards are aware of the risks they face, including earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, floods, landslides and droughts. Yet they still live there because, to earn their living, they need to or have no alternative. Coasts and rivers are good for fishing and farming; valley and volcanic soils are very fertile; drought alternates with good farming or herding. Culture and beliefs, for example, in spirits or gods, or simple fatalism, enable people to live with risks and make sense of their lives in dangerous places. Sometimes, though, unequal power relations are also part of culture, and those who have little influence must inevitably cope with threatening environments.en
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dc.publisherInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societiesen
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.subjectDevelopment Policyen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectFinanceen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.subjectIndustrial Developmenten
dc.subjectPolitics and Poweren
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectRural Developmenten
dc.subjectTechnologyen
dc.titleWorld Disasters Report 2014 – Focus on Culture and Risken
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dc.rights.holder© International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2014en
dc.identifier.externalurihttp://www.ifrc.org/world-disasters-report-2014en
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