Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk

by Ben Wisner, Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Jc Gaillard

296 pages, Paperback

Published May 9, 2025

About the author

Ben Wisner, formerly Director of International Studies at California State University at Long Beach, with a long career before that in research and teaching. He is presently engaged in full-time research and writing and has recently completed a four-year project for the United Nations University on defining and managing urban social vulnerability to disasters in six megacities (Johannesburg, Tokyo, Manila, Mumbai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles).