Vulnerability and resilience to natural hazards / edited by Sven Fuchs, Thomas Thaler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuchs, Sven, editor.

Thaler, Thomas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hazard mitigation--Social aspects.

Hazard mitigation--Economic aspects.

Risk--Social aspects.

Disasters--Social aspects.

Disasters.

Risk.

Hazard mitigation.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 336 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"In recent years there has been growing recognition that disaster risk cannot be reduced by focusing solely on physical hazards without considering factors that influence socio-economic impact. Vulnerability: the susceptibility to the damaging impacts of hazards, and resilience: the ability to recover, have become popular concepts in natural hazard and risk management. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience and their application to natural hazards research. With contributions from both physical and social scientists it provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the different types of vulnerability and resilience, the links between them, and concludes with the remaining challenges and future directions of the field. Examining global case studies from the US coast to Austria, this is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students working in natural hazard and risk reduction from both the natural and social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Vulnerability: an introduction

Physical vulnerability

Social vulnerability

Economic vulnerability

Institutional vulnerability

Resilience: an introduction

Physical resilience

Social resilience

Economic resilience

Institutional resilience

Linkages between vulnerability and resilience

Synthesis and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107154896

1107154898

OCLC:

1014006631