Indice: Foreword Salvano Briceño - 1. Challenging Risk: We Offer the Reader a Left Foot Book The Editors - Section I. Big Picture Views - Hazards, Vulnerabilities and Capacities: 2. Introduction to Section I: Big Picture Views - Hazards, Vulnerabilities and Capacities The Editors - 3. Framing Disaster: Theories and Stories Seeking to Understand Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard and Ilan Kelman - 4. Historical Concepts of Disasters and Risk Greg Bankoff - 5. Politics of Disaster Risk Adolfo Mascarenhas and Ben Wisner - 6. Human Rights, Disasters and State Obligations Claudine Haenni Dale and Jean Connolly Carmalt - 7. Violent Conflict, Natural Hazards and Disaster Ben Wisner - 8. Culture, Hazard and Disaster Kenneth Hewitt - 9. Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Jessica Mercer - 10. Religious Interpretations of Disaster David Chester, Angus Duncan and Heather Sangster - 11. Hazards and Disasters Represented in Film Greg Berger and Ben Wisner - 12. Hazards and Disasters Represented in Music Bob Alexander - 13. Hazard, Risk and Urbanisation Mark Pelling - 14. Disaster Risk and Sustainable Development Chris Bacon - Section II. Fine-Grained Views - Hazards, Vulnerabilities and Capacities: 15. Introduction to Section II: Fine-Grained Views - Hazards, Vulnerabilities and Capacities The Editors - 16. Data Sources on Hazards Julio Serje - 17. Tools for Identifying Hazards Keiko Saito, Jane Strachan, Timothy Fewtrell, Nick Rosser, Susanna Jenkins, Aidan Slingsby and Katharine Haynes - 18. Hazard, Risk and Climate Change David Simon - 19. Coastal Storm Bas Jonkman, Herman Gerritsen and Marcel Marchand - 20. Thunderstorm and Tornado David Etkin, Kaz Higuchi and George Platsis - 21. Flood Hanna Schmuck - 22. Drought Tom Smucker - 23. Extreme Heat and Cold Sabrina McCormick - 24. Wildfire Alexander Held - 25. Landslide and other Mass Movements Danang Sri Hadmoko and Salvatore Engels-DiMauro - 26. Earthquake Cinna Lomnitz and Ben Wisner - 27. Tsunami Brian McAdoo - 28. Volcanic Eruption Susanna Jenkins and Katharine Haynes - 29. Soil Erosion and Contamination Salvatore Engels-DiMauro - 30. Human Epidemic Chris Dibben - 31. Livestock Epidemic Delia Grace and John McDermott - 32. Plant Disease, Pests and Erosion of Biodiversity Pascal Girot - 33. Hazards From Space Bill McGuire - 34. Disability and Disaster David Alexander - 35. Gender, Sexuality and Disaster Maureen Fordham - 36. Children, Youth and Disaster Agnes Babugura - 37. Elderly People and Disaster Ehren Ngo - 38. Caste, Ethnicity, Religious Affiliation and Disaster JC Gaillard - Section III. Preparedness and Response: 39. Introduction to Section III: Preparedness and Response The Editors - 40. Early Warning Principles and Systems Juan Carlos Villagran - 41. Preparedness, Warning and Evacuation Philip Buckle - 42. Emergency Management Principles Alejandro López-Carresi - 43. From Damage and Needs Assessments to Relief Claude de Ville de Goyet - 44. Health Care and Disaster Mark Keim and Jonathan Abrahams - 45. Food Security and Disaster Ian Christoplos - 46. Settlement and Shelter Reconstruction Manu Gupta - 47. Psycho-Social Recovery Tamman Aloudat and Lene Christensen - 48. Socio-Economic Recovery Rohit Jigyasu - Section IV. Planning, Prevention and Mitigation: 49. Introduction to Section IV: Planning, Prevention and Mitigation The Editors - 50. International Planning Systems for Disaster Margaret Arnold - 51. National Planning and Disaster Allan Lavell, JC Gaillard, Ben Wisner, Wendy Saunders and Dewald van Niekerk - 52. Local Government and Disaster Geoff O'Brien, Mihir Bhatt, Wendy Saunders, JC Gaillard and Ben Wisner - 53. Urban and Regional Planning and Disaster Cassidy Johnson - 54. Financial Mechanisms for Disaster Risk Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer - 55. Economic Development Policy and Disaster Risk Charlotte Benson - 56. Protection of Infrastructure Ana Maria Cruz - 57. Social Protection and Disaster Walt Peacock and Carla Prater - 58. Livelihood Protection and Support and Disaster David Sanderson - 59. Community Action and Disaster Zenaida Delica Willison and JC Gaillard - 60. Civil Society and Disaster Martha Thompson - 61. University Research's Role in Reducing Disaster Risk Thea Hilhorst and Annelies Heijmans - 62. Education and Disaster Emmanuel Luna - 63. Media, Communication and Disaster Tim Radford and Ben Wisner - 64. Participatory Action Research and Disaster Risk Mike McCall and Graciela Peters-Guari - Section V. Conclusion: 65. Challenging Risk: Has the Left Foot Stepped Forward? The Editors.