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Title

Education and natural disasters : education as a humanitarian response / edited by David Smawfield.

Publication

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Smawfield, David

Description

172 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• "What is the relationship between education and natural disasters? Can education play a role in ameliorating and mitigating them, preparing people in how to respond, and even helping to prevent them? If so, how? Drawing on research carried out in a number of different countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan, the UK and the USA, the contributors consider the role of education in relation to natural disasters. The case studies expand conceptual and empirical understandings of the understudied relationship between education and natural disasters, uncover the potential and the limitations of education for mitigating, responding to, and potentially preventing, natural disasters. The contributors also consider the extent to which so-called natural disasters, such as mudslides caused by deforestation and flooding areas built on known flood plains, are linked to human behaviour and how education can impact on these"--
• "Examines the relationship natural disasters have with education in different international contexts, from the USA, Australia, India, China, the UK and Japan"--

Series Statement

Education as a humanitarian response

Uniform Title

• ebrary.
• Education as a humanitarian response.

Subject

• EDUCATION / Comparative
• Environmental disasters > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies
• Natural disasters > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies
• Emergency management > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies
• Environmental education > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's -- Foreword \ David Smawfield -- 1. Education and Natural Disasters: A Selective Overview / David Smawfield -- 2. Bushfires in Australia: Learning to Live with Fire / Robin Burns -- 3. Natural Hazards in India: Forewarned is Forearmed / Colin Bangay -- 4. Hurricane Katrina in the United States of America: Make Levees, Not War / Benjamin Newton -- 5. Floods in the United Kingdom: School Perspectives / Kevin Beaton and David Ledgard -- 6. Earthquake in China: A Sichuan Case Study / Zhou Zhong -- 7. Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster in Japan: The Immediate Aftermath / Fumiaki Ema -- Conclusion / David Smawfield.

ISBN

• 9781441199911 (hardback)
• 1441199918 (hardback)
• 9781441166999 (paperback)
• 1441166998 (paperback)
• 9781441165138 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2012036081

OCLC

777652744

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library