Geopower: Reflections on the critical geography of disasters

@article{Donovan2017GeopowerRO,
  title={Geopower: Reflections on the critical geography of disasters},
  author={Amy Donovan},
  journal={Progress in Human Geography},
  year={2017},
  volume={41},
  pages={44-67}
}
  • A. Donovan
  • Published 1 February 2017
  • Sociology
  • Progress in Human Geography
This paper discusses disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of emerging geographical ideas about topologies and assemblages. It focuses on the role of expert advice in DRR and the resulting p... 
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