Disaster Education (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 7) - Hardcover

Rajib Shaw

 
9780857247377: Disaster Education (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 7)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0857247379 ISBN 13: 9780857247377
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2011

Synopsis

Education is the key to risk reduction, be it environmental management or disaster risk reduction, and is a process which needs to be embedded at different levels of management and practices to collectively reduce the risk. While school education forms the foundations of the knowledge cycle, for effective knowledge use, it is necessary to link school and community education. Education is linked to enhanced awareness and a key reflection of education is seen in terms of actions. Divided into four sections this book begins with an informative introduction to the subject of disaster risk reduction education and proceeds to highlight key places of education such as family, community, school, and higher education. It then examines approaches, methods and tools before providing a future perspective and pointing to the way ahead. This is the first book of its kind on disaster risk reduction education. A ready reference for practitioners in the field, this book describes and demonstrates different aspects of education in an easy-to-understand form with current academic research and practical field experiences included throughout.

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About the Author

Rajib Shaw - Kyoto University, Japan
Koichi Shiwaku - Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Human Renovation Museum, Kobe, Japan
Yukiko Takeuchi - Kyoto University, Japan

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0857247379
ISBN 13 
9780857247377
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
175
Editor
Rajib Shaw, Koichi Shiwaku, Yukiko Takeuchi