Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change

Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction

1st Edition

Edited By Fred Krüger, Greg Bankoff, Terry Cannon, Benedikt Orlowski, E. Lisa Schipper
April 22, 2015

Why did the people of the Zambesi Delta affected by severe flooding return early to their homes or even choose to not evacuate? How is the forced resettlement of small-scale farmers living along the foothills of an active volcano on the Philippines impacting on their day-to-day livelihood routines?...