Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh
Author | : C.E. Haque |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1997-12-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 0792348699 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780792348696 |
Rating | : 4/5 (696 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh written by C.E. Haque and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic approach to the nature-society relationship and its connection to disasters in Bangladesh. Though rooted in the hard science of the Riverbank Erosion Impact Study carried out between 1984 and 1989, Haque (geography, Brandon U.) is also very concerned with other aspects of the problem such as the displacement, relocation and resettlement of disaster refugees, human coping responses to natural hazards, social class formation and vulnerability of the population, and public policy issues. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR