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Protecting seniors against environmental disasters : from hazards and vulnerability to prevention and resilience /

"This book connects the dots between two powerful trends in the US: the rapid growth of the 65+ year old population and the marked increase in natural and human-caused environmental disasters. Inevitably, these two trends lead to more environmental disasters disproportionately impacting seniors...

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Main Author:	Greenberg, Michael R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
Series:	Earthscan risk in society series.
Subjects:	Older people > Services for > United States. Emergency management > United States. Environmental disasters > United States. Natural disasters > United States. Older disaster victims > United States. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. Emergency management. Environmental disasters. Natural disasters. Older disaster victims. Older people > Services for. United States. Electronic books.
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