Index
Page numbers in italics refer to figures, tables and boxes
aid agencies 50–1, 111, 117, 118, 125, 142, 146–7, 151
Brazil 84, 86–90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 199–200
capacity
local knowledge relationship 3, 5, 32, 33, 189
risk relationship 3, 32, 33, 44, 48, 131
vulnerability relationship 32, 33, 44, 46, 129–36, 148, 158, 181–2
Ceará, Brazil 6, 87–90, 95, 97
civil society organizations 9, 23, 27, 70, 156–7
climate change 3, 4, 6, 49, 53, 198
culture 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17–20, 33–5
developed countries
disaster management 8, 58–9, 175
on local knowledge 5, 8, 31–2, 33, 35, 189–90, 199, 203
on nature–society relationship 12–14
risk assessments 46
superiority assumed 5, 8, 31, 32, 33, 34
tropical environment unsafe
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