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Title Education and natural disasters / edited by David Smawfield
Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Education as a humanitarian response
Education as a humanitarian response.
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
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
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
"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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Environmental disasters -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies
Natural disasters -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies
Emergency management -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies
Environmental education -- Cross-cultural studies
EDUCATION -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
Emergency management -- Study and teaching
Environmental education
Natural disasters -- Study and teaching
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Smawfield, David, editor
ISBN 9781441118387
1441118381
1441165134
9781441165138
9781283874069
1283874067