Rethinking risk and disasters in mountain areas
This chapter presents a view of risk and disaster in the mountains that finds them fully a part of public safety issues in modern states and developments, rather than separated from them. This contrasts with prevailing approaches to disaster focused on natural hazards, “unscheduled” or extreme event...
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Main Authors: | Kenneth Hewitt, Manjari Mehta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institut de Géographie Alpine
2012-05-01
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Series: | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rga/1653 |
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