Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards [electronic resource] : towards disaster resilient societies / edited by Jörn Birkmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birkmann, Jörn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters.

Natural disaster warning systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations University, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards: Hurricane Katrina, drought in Africa; flooding in China and Germany; earthquakes in Pakistan and India; a tsunami in South-East Asia; and forest fires in Portugal, Australia and North America. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the media and the general public, but their response was too late to prevent serious harm. Societies need to measure their vulnerabilities in advance, and make adequate provisions. To do s

Contents:

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of colour figures; List of acronyms; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Basic principles and theoretical basis; Part II: Vulnerability and environment; Part III: Global, national and sub-national index approaches; Part IV: Local vulnerability assessment; Part V: Institutional vulnerability, coping and lessons learned; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4294-5024-X

92-808-7104-8

OCLC:

648001709