The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability - Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change - Gaillard, JC (University of Auckland, NZ.) - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781032162720 - January 9, 2023
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The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability - Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change

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This book argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed for normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to deconstruct concepts, methods, and forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment.


252 pages, 3 Tables, black and white; 14 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and whi

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 9, 2023
ISBN13 9781032162720
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 252
Dimensions 234 × 154 × 18 mm   ·   412 g
Language English  

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