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Education and natural disasters : education as a humanitarian response

Smawfield, David, editor of compilation

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\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Subject: 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. / EDUCATION / Comparative
• ISBN: 9781441199911, 1441199918, 9781441166999, 1441166998

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GE146.E38 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE