| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
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| Series |
Catastrophes in context ; volume 7 |
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Catastrophes in context ; v. 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Knowledge production for disaster recovery / Pamela Waldron-Moore -- Conceptual framework : knowledge capital in the African diaspora / Pamela Waldron-Moore -- Louisiana : collaborative energies and post-disaster solutions / Jessica Dandridge and Yeishka Montalvo -- Haiti : building social capital through media connectivity / Shearon Roberts -- Rwanda : socio-cultural practices for resilience and recovery / Samuel Habimana and Emmanuel Biracyaza -- Sankofa : a model of sustainable development / Pamela Waldron-Moore -- Epilogue : post-disaster solutions for development / Pamela Waldron-Moore. |
| Summary |
"Disaster research has been studied from many angles, seldom targeting its implications for vulnerable territories in Africa. Entities most subject to the effects of climate change are often undeveloped and located in disadvantaged regions. Post-disaster communities need to scrutinize the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that stagnate sustainable growth. Acknowledging that low economic development and high climate costs cannot coexist, this collected volume interrogates the challenge for disaster-prone territories to determine strategies for restructuring and redesigning their environment. This book proposes the creation of knowledge economies, whereby empowered communities may produce innovative knowledge translatable across the African diaspora"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2023). |
| Subject |
Knowledge economy -- Developing countries.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.
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Natural disasters -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
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Natural disasters -- Developing countries -- Planning.
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African diaspora.
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SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change
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| Added Author |
Waldron-Moore, Pamela, editor, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Designing knowledge economies for disaster resilience New York : Berghahn Books, 2024 9781805391708 (DLC) 2023021758 |
| ISBN |
9781805391715 electronic book |
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1805391712 electronic book |
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9781805394006 (electronic bk.) |
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1805394002 (electronic bk.) |
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