Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters
With Special Reference to Developing Countries
ISBN13: 9780198287650ISBN10: 0198287658
Hardback,
272 pages
Apr 1993,
In Stock
Price:
$125.00 (06)Description
This book develops a new framework to analyze disaster situations in developing countries, challenging much of the accepted wisdom of disaster theory upon which policy prescriptions are built. The author insists that although disasters are a problem of development, they are not necessarily a problem for development. The book shows that one should look at the underlying social and economic processes within developing countries which structure the impact of natural disasters, rather than disasters as unforeseen events requiring large scale intervention.Reviews
"An impressive piece of work. It is a provocative, revisionist contribution to the study of the economics of disaster, a subject of coming importance...required reading for officials and those associated with relief agencies...."--Latin American Studies
About the Author(s)
J. M. Albala-Bertrand, Lecturer in Economics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
