Bøker av John Handmer

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. This book seeks to overcome the mismatch and to guide development of a policy and institutional framework. It provides the insights of public policy and disaster management.

This textbook explores the role of the ecological sciences in sustainability. The chapters explore such issues as scientific legitimacy, public participation, non-governmental organizations and inter-sectoral communication across a wide range of ecosystem management contexts.

Assesses the British approach to hazard management and emergency planning. This book identifies the principal legal, organizational and cultural impediments to effective hazard management and emergency planning, postulates explanations for the shortcomings in the British approach and examines various promising avenues for improving the practice.