Jennifer Kern's Blog Posts Tagged 'hyndman's' (1)

When countries have an existing violent or poverty-stricken track record, how do they protect themselves from a natural disaster? Focusing specifically on Sri Lanka and Indonesia, Dual Disasters by Jennifer Hyndman describes what happens when "man-made" and "natural" disasters meet; and how the tsunami's arrival from 2004 shifted the goals of international aid, altered relations and accelerated or slowed peacebuilding efforts.…