Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies /

• Main Author: Bollig, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.; Community & Population Ecology.

A research focus on hazards, risk perception and risk minimizing strategies is relatively new in the social and environmental sciences. This volume by a prominent scholar of East African societies is a powerful example of this growing interest. Earlier theory and research tended to describe social a...

Table of Contents:

• Studying Hazard and Risk in Pastoral Societies
• An Outline of Pokot and Himba Societies: Environment, Political Economy and Cultural Beliefs
• Hazards and Damages
• The Perception of Droughts and Disasters
• Coping Strategies during Drought and Disaster
• Buffering Mechanisms: Minimising Vulnerability
• Hazards, Risk and Risk Minimisation in African Pastoral Societies.