DEZASTRUL PRODUS ÎN URMA INUNDAȚIILOR. EXPERIENȚE DIN MEDIUL RURAL [FLOOD INDUCED DISASTERS: EXPERIENCES FROM RURAL AREAS]. ANCA MIHAI
THE DISASTER PRODUCED FOLLOWING THE FLOODS. FLOOD INDUCED DISASTERS: EXPERIENCES FROM RURAL AREAS. ANCA MIHAI

Summary/Abstract: The book reviewed here is one of the very rare social scientific analyses of flood-induced disasters in Romania. The monograph is a valuable contribution to the Romanian literature in the social sciences, because the author makes a sustained effort to advance a sociological understanding of the disasters triggered by floods. In this sense, any given flood is not the disaster but only the trigger of a social disaster. The disaster ensues from the ways in which the flood interacts with pre-existing socio-economic and spatial conditions and inequalities. The book is structured into six chapters and an introductory piece. Its appeal is wide-ranging and it includes all social scientists interested in flood-induced or climate change-induced disasters. Experts and stakeholders involved in the management of floods or similar systemic hazards would also greatly benefit from reading this informative piece.

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