At Risk

At Risk
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 465
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ISBN-10 : 9780415252164
ISBN-13 : 0415252164
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Book Synopsis At Risk by : Benjamin Wisner

Download or read book At Risk written by Benjamin Wisner and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published, and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed.


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