Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
"In Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book's principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
AltaMira Press,
[2008]
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| Series: | Globalization and the environment.
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| Summary: | "In Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book's principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with natural disasters and other forms of large-scale devastation, from hurricanes and tsunamis to civil wars and industrial accidents." --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0759111022 9780759111028 0759111030 9780759111035 |