Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies /
A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. 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...
| Други автори: | Birkmann, Jorn. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Tokyo ; New York :
United Nations University,
℗♭2006.
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Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards. |
Съдържание:
- List of tables and figures
- List of colour figures
- List of acronyms
- Foreword /
- Hans van Ginkel
- preface /
- Salvano Briceno
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction /
- Janos J. Bogardi
- pt. 1.
- Basic principles and theoretical basis
- 1.
- Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster-resilient societies : conceptual frameworks and definitions /
- Jorn Birkmann
- 2.
- Indicators and criteria for measuring vulnerability : theoretical bases and requirements /
- Jorn Birkmann
- 3.
- Social levels and hazard (in)dependence in determining vulnerability /
- Stefan Schneiderbauer,
- Daniele Ehrlich
- 4.
- User needs : why we need indicators /
- Angela Queste,
- Peter Lauwe
- pt. 2.
- Vulnerability and environment
- 5.
- Environmental components of vulnerability /
- Fabrice G. Renaud
- 6.
- Human vulnerability to environmental change : an approach for UNEP's global environmental outlook (GEO) /
- Marcel T.J. Kok,
- Vishal Narain,
- Steven Wonink,
- Jill Jager
- pt. 3.
- Global, national and sub-national index approaches
- 7.
- Review of global risk index projects : Conclusions for sub-national and local approaches /
- Mark Pelling.
- 8.
- The disaster risk index : overview of a quantitative approach /
- Pascal Peduzzi
- 9.
- Disaster risk hotspots : a project summary /
- Maxx Dilley
- 10.
- A system of indicators for disaster risk management in the Americas /
- Omar D. Cardona
- 11.
- Multi-risk assessment of Europe's regions /
- Stefan Greiving
- 12.
- Disaster vulnerability assessment : the Tanzania experience /
- Robert B. Kiunsi,
- Manoris V. Meshak
- 13.
- A human security index /
- Erich J. Plate
- pt. 4.
- Local vulnerability assessment
- 14.
- Community-based disaster risk index : pilot implementation in Indonesia /
- Christina Bollin,
- Ria Hidajat
- 15.
- Measuring vulnerability : the ADRC perspective for the theoretical basis and principles of indicator development /
- Masaru Arakida
- 16.
- Vulnerability assessment : the sectoral approach /
- Juan Carlos Villagran de Leon
- 17.
- Self-assessment of coping capacity : participatory, proactive, and qualitative engagement of communities in their own risk management /
- Ben Wisner
- 18.
- Measuring vulnerability in Sri Lanka at the local level /
- Jorn Birkmann,
- Nishara Fernando,
- Siri Hettige.
- pt. 5.
- Institutional vulnerability, coping and lessons learned
- 19.
- Assessing institutionalised capacities and practices to reduce the risks of flood disaster /
- Louis Lebel,
- Elena Nikitina,
- Vladimir Kotov,
- Jesse Manuta
- 20.
- Public sector financial vulnerability to disasters: the IIASA CATSIM model /
- Reinhard Mechler,
- Stefan Hochrainer,
- Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer,
- Georg Pflug
- Text box : Effective measurement of vulnerability is essential to help those most in harm's way /
- Simon Horner
- 21.
- Overcoming the black hole : outline for a quantitative model to compare coping capacities across countries /
- Peter Billing,
- Ulrike Madengruber
- 22.
- A methodology for learning lessons : experiences at the European level /
- Elisabeth Krausmann,
- Fesil Mushtaq
- 23.
- Conclusion and recommendation /
- Jorn Birkmann
- 24.
- Core terminology of disaster reduction: a comparative glossary /
- Katharina Thywissen
- List of contributors
- Index.