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The Resilience Dividend : Managing disruption, avoiding disaster, and growing stronger in an unpredictable world

by Judith Rodin
RM49.99 MYR
The Resilience Dividend : Managing disruption, avoiding disaster, and growing stronger in an unpredictable world - Thryft
The Resilience Dividend : Managing disruption, avoiding disaster, and growing stronger in an unpredictable world - Thryft
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Resilience Dividend : Managing disruption, avoiding disaster, and growing stronger in an unpredictable world

by Judith Rodin
RM49.99 MYR
ISBN: 9781781253632
Authors: Judith Rodin
Publisher: Profile Books
Date of Publication: 2014-11-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Sociology
Related Topics: Political Science, Society, Sociology, Social Issues, Politics, Economics
Goodreads rating: 3.7
(rated by 10 readers)

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New york. Athens. Wenzhou. Boston. Oslo. Dhaka. New orleans. Nairobi. In recent years, dozens of cities across the globe have been hit by large-scale catastrophes of every natural disaster, geopolitical conflict, food shortages, disease and contagion, terrorist attacks. If you haven't been directly touched by one of these cataclysms yourself, in our interconnected world you are sure to have been affected in some way. They harm vulnerable individuals, destabilise communities and threaten organisations and even whole societies. We are at greater risk than ever from city-wide catastrophe, and as the severity and frequency of these disasters increase, we must become better at preparing for, responding to and recovering from them. Be it haiti's dependence on humanitarian aid, the rebuilding effort after the great fire of manhattan or the reason why more girls than boys drowned in japan's tsunami, the resilience dividend combines vivid stories with practical insights (such as how to di
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Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.