Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families after Disasters : A Global Survey.
Title:
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families after Disasters : A Global Survey.
Author:
Awotona, Adenrele.
ISBN:
9781443818209
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (486 pages)
Series:
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- PART II -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- PART III -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- PART IV -- CHAPTER NINETEEN -- CHAPTER TWENTY -- PART V -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Disasters impose enormous misery on children, the most vulnerable members of the community. Records show that two million children have died as a direct consequence of armed conflict over the past decade. Globally, millions more have suffered death, disease, and dislocation as a result of such natural disasters as earthquakes, droughts, and floods. And even when emergency relief is available, permanent human damage remains; all too often, families fall apart, women are assaulted and degraded,...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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