This book explores the issues of disaster and vulnerability from a South Asian standpoint. The issues are presented in the form of case studies and essays by experts from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
| Title | Understanding vulnerability : South Asian perspectives |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Bhatt, MR, Twigg, J |
| Pagination | vii, 84 p. fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 1998-05-01 |
| Publisher | IT Publications |
| Place Published | London, UK |
| ISBN Number | 1853394556 |
| Keywords | case studies, development cooperation, disasters, drought, india, low-income communities, nepal, rural areas, sdiasi, sdieme, social aspects, sri lanka, urban areas, women |
| Abstract | This book explores the issues of disaster and vulnerability from a South Asian standpoint. The issues are presented in the form of case studies and essays by experts from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In the final essay, Mihir Bhatt discusses ways of understanding vulnerability by learning from vulnerable people,as a spur to operational agencies and fieldworkers to improve their ways of working. |
| Notes | Includes references |
| Custom 1 | 121, 802 |
