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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Education as a humanitarian response
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Education as a humanitarian response.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"What is the relationship between education and natural disasters? Can education play a role in ameliorating and mitigating them, preparing people in how to respond, and even helping to prevent them? If so, how? Drawing on research carried out in a number of different countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan, the UK and the USA, the contributors consider the role of education in relation to natural disasters. The case studies expand conceptual and empirical understandings of the understudied relationship between education and natural disasters, uncover the potential and the limitations of education for mitigating, responding to, and potentially preventing, natural disasters. The contributors also consider the extent to which so-called natural disasters, such as mudslides caused by deforestation and flooding areas built on known flood plains, are linked to human behaviour and how education can impact on these"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Examines the relationship natural disasters have with education in different international contexts, from the USA, Australia, India, China, the UK and Japan"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
FC; Half Title; Also available in the Education as a Humanitarian Response Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Foreword; David Smawfield; 1 Education and Natural Disasters: A Selective Overview; David Smawfield; 2 Bushfires in Australia: Learning to Live with Fire; Robin Burns; 3 Natural Hazards in India: Forewarned is Forearmed; Colin Bangay; 4 Hurricane Katrina in the United States: Make Levees, Not War; Benjamin Newton; 5 Floods in the United Kingdom: School Perspectives; Kevin Beaton and David Ledgard. |
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6 Earthquake in China: A Sichuan Case StudyZhou Zhong; 7 Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster in Japan: The Immediate Aftermath; Fumiaki Ema; Conclusion; David Smawfield; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Environmental disasters -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Environmental disasters. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Natural disasters -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Natural disasters -- Study and teaching. |
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Natural disasters. |
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Emergency management -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Emergency management -- Study and teaching. |
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Emergency management. |
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Environmental education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Environmental education. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smawfield, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Education and natural disasters. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 9781441166999 (DLC) 2012036081 |
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Education and natural disasters. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 9781441199911 (DLC) 2012036081 (OCoLC)777652744 |
| ISBN |
9781441118387 (electronic book) |
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1441118381 (electronic book) |
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1441165134 (electronic book) |
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9781441165138 (electronic book) |
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9781283874069 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283874067 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781441199911 (hardback) |
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1441199918 (hardback) |
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9781441166999 (paperback) |
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1441166998 (paperback) |
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