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Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration by Burrell E. Montz, Graham A. Tobin, and Ronald R. Hagelmann III (review)

Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration by Burrell E. Montz, Graham A. Tobin, and Ronald R.... r eview S n atural Hazards: e xplanation and integration, Second Edition. Burrell E. Montz, Graham A. Tobin, and Ronald R. Hagelmann III. New York: Guilford Press, 2017, 445 pp. + xvi, tables & figures. ISBN 9781462529179, Price: $51.00. ben wisner Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, UK Environmental S tudies Program, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA This second edition of an accessible text- recur. For instance, perception has its own book is very welcome. The book also serves chapter and also comes up again in the as a valuable refresher or even introduc- risk assessment chapter, as do choice and tion for specialists, practitioners and policy other behavioral issues as well as policy. makers who find themselves working in Economics is not confined to its chapter, multi-disciplinary teams or working their but haunts policy processes and, combined way through specialist reports and recom- with politics (e.g. political economic struc- mendations. Each of five discipline-based tures) is a constraining shadow cast over chapters provides a substantial overview every process from awareness and risk of approaches to natural hazards taken by perception, warning though recovery. the physical sciences, psychology, sociol- Behavior has its home chapters but is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Geographer University of North Carolina Press

Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration by Burrell E. Montz, Graham A. Tobin, and Ronald R. Hagelmann III (review)

Southeastern Geographer , Volume 58 (3) – Oct 18, 2018

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University of North Carolina Press
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r eview S n atural Hazards: e xplanation and integration, Second Edition. Burrell E. Montz, Graham A. Tobin, and Ronald R. Hagelmann III. New York: Guilford Press, 2017, 445 pp. + xvi, tables & figures. ISBN 9781462529179, Price: $51.00. ben wisner Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, UK Environmental S tudies Program, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA This second edition of an accessible text- recur. For instance, perception has its own book is very welcome. The book also serves chapter and also comes up again in the as a valuable refresher or even introduc- risk assessment chapter, as do choice and tion for specialists, practitioners and policy other behavioral issues as well as policy. makers who find themselves working in Economics is not confined to its chapter, multi-disciplinary teams or working their but haunts policy processes and, combined way through specialist reports and recom- with politics (e.g. political economic struc- mendations. Each of five discipline-based tures) is a constraining shadow cast over chapters provides a substantial overview every process from awareness and risk of approaches to natural hazards taken by perception, warning though recovery. the physical sciences, psychology, sociol- Behavior has its home chapters but is

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