Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies - Couverture souple

 
9789280811353: Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies
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ISBN 10 : 9280811355 ISBN 13 : 9789280811353
Editeur : United Nations University, 2006

Synopsis

A seemingly nonstop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. They include Hurricane Katrina, drought in Africa, flooding in China and Germany, earthquakes in Pakistan and India, a tsunami in Southeast Asia, and forest fires in Portugal, Australia, and North America. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policymakers, 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 so, they have to understand the complex relationships between natural hazards and the related social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities. Recognizing and measuring vulnerabilities is the first and perhaps most important step towards disaster-resilient societies. Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards presents a broad range of current approaches to measuring vulnerability and contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe to illustrate the theoretical analyses. This is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment. It is a critical review that provides important conclusions for future research towards more disaster resilient communities.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jorn Birkmann is an academic officer at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security and chair of the International Expert Working Group on Measuring Vulnerability.

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Éditeur
United Nations University
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9280811355
ISBN 13 
9789280811353
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Éditeur
Birkmann Jorn
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Personne responsable
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