Pub Date: March 6, 2013
Dewey: 363.346095
LCCN: 2013000725
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.43" H x 10.00" L x 7.00" W ( 0.80 lbs) 202 pages
BISAC Categories:
Business and Economics | Infrastructure | Urban and Regional | Development | Sustainable Development
Series: Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
Description: Disaster risk management is essential in the fight against poverty. Disasters can, in an instant, wipe out decades of hard-fought poverty reduction and development gains and push countless households into poverty. Disasters disproportionally affect the poor: Vulnerable and marginalized groups, including women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, are at particular risk.