At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

Benjamin Wisner; Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian J. Davis · OpenAlex · 1994

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Benjamin Wisner; Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian J. Davis

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1994

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Part 1: Framework and Theory 1. The Challenge of Disasters and Our Approach 2. Disaster Pressure and Release Model 3. Access to Resources and Coping in Adversity Part 2: Vulnerability and Hazard Types 4. Famine and Natural Hazards 5. Biological Hazards 6. Floods 7. Severe Coastal Storms 8. Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Landslides Part 3: Action for Disaster Reduction 9. Vulnerability, Relief and Reconstruction 10. Towards a Safer Environment

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Wisner, B, Blaikie, P, Cannon, T, & Davis, I. J. (1994). At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203714775

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Wisner, Benjamin, et al. "At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters." 1994. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203714775.

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Wisner, Benjamin, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, and Ian J. Davis. 1994. "At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters.". https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203714775.

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Wisner, B. et al. 1994, At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters, OpenAlex, available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203714775 [Accessed 7 Aug. 2026].

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Title: At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

Author / contributors: Benjamin Wisner; Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian J. Davis

Publisher: OpenAlex

Publication year: 1994

Language: English

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Vulnerability (computing); Natural hazard; Natural disaster; Hazard; SAFER; Disaster risk reduction; Landslide; Environmental planning; Emergency management; Geography; Storm; Preparedness