Citation
Twigg, J. and Bjatt, M.R. (1999), "Understanding Vulnerability: South Asian Perspectives", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 370-452. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.1999.8.5.370.2
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
More than half the victims of natural disasters live in Southern Asia and yet very little research has been done on the topic. This book addresses this fact through a series of four essays.
The essays are thought provoking and bring to light many of the overlooked aspects of disasters within the regions of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The final essay has a hard look at vulnerability and how aid agencies and support workers can learn from the victims themselves. It is often too easy to regard vulnerability from a Western or developed nation view point and this book addresses many of the issues that should be considered.
I have no hesitation in recommending this book to those who work in disaster response in those geographical areas but also to those who, although living and working within the developed nations, have responsibilities much further afield.
The essays are well written by authors well experienced in these locales and the book is modestly priced.