Bringing together Disaster and Development - Concepts and Practice, Some Experience from South Asia
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2000
Description
The global scenario in relation to disasters is dismal. World statistics indicate present and future trends of increasing impacts from natural and man made hazards on life and livelihoods. Global trends in the development scenario, the entire process of globalisation, are contributing to aggravate poverty and vulnerability. We are grappling with increasing levels of poverty, growing numbers of population and limited and depleting natural resources, problems of governance, rapid urbanisation. All these phenomena contribute towards increased hazards, disasters and the levels of impact. The figures given below are an indication of the gravity of the situation before us.
