This book analyses the making of the international world of ¿natural¿ disasters by its professionals. Through a long-term ethnographic study of this arena, the author unveils the various elements that are necessary for the construction of an international world: a collective narrative, a shared language, and standardized practices. The book analyses the two main framings that these professionals use to situate themselves with regards to a disaster: preparedness and resilience, arguing that the making of the world of ¿natural¿ disasters reveals how heterogeneous, conflicting, and sometimes competing elements are put together.

Sandrine Revet is Research Professor at CERI Sciences Po, France. 

Chapter 1 Introducing Disasterland

Part One. Genealogy and Iconography of the "Natural" Disaster World

Chapter 2 Stories of a Fragmented World

Chapter 3 Disaster Iconography: Victims, Rescue Workers and Hazards

Part Two. The Forging of an International World of 'Natural' Disasters

Chapter 4 Making Disasters International

Chapter 5 Crating Common Ground to "See the Same Disaster"

Part Three. Confronting 'Natural' Disasters

Chapter 6 Preparedness

Chapter 7 Resilience

Conclusion