Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment for Economic Systems: Vulnerability and the Process of Recovery for Households and Companies in Phang-Nga and Phuket Provinces in Thailand - Couverture souple

Willroth, Philipp

 
9783631635834: Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment for Economic Systems: Vulnerability and the Process of Recovery for Households and Companies in Phang-Nga and Phuket Provinces in Thailand
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ISBN 10 : 3631635834 ISBN 13 : 9783631635834
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2011

Synopsis

In 2004 tsunami waves caused huge economic losses along the coastline of Southern Thailand. These resulted from direct damages and the following economic downturn. This study investigates the factors that led to this vulnerable situation. One of the greatest challenges in vulnerability research is the quantification. To answer this question, a wide database has been used, encompassing highly accurate remote sensing data, quantitative surveys and qualitative focus group discussion data. These data have been integrated in a structural equation model to reproduce factors and relations leading to the hazard induced effects and the capabilities to cope with. The model showed that the impact was almost completely compensated for by households' and companies' internal and external resilience capabilities.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philipp Willroth, born 1980 in Kiel (Germany); Studies of Economic Geography, Business and Law at the University of Kiel ; from 2007 PhD-Student and Research Associate at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hannover.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang AG
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3631635834
ISBN 13 
9783631635834
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
271
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Personne responsable
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