Natural disasters and development in a globalizing world

摘要: Part I: Introduction 1. Paradigm of Risk II: Global Processes and Environmental 2. Does Change cause Vulnerability to Disaster? 3. Changes in Capitalism Shifts the Distribution Hazard 4. Gender, Disaster Development 5. Disasters, Costs Adaptation Developed Developing Countries III: International Exchange 6. Changing Actors: NGOs Private Sector 7. Diplomacy 8. The Insurance Industry: Can it Cope with Catastrophe? IV: Local Contexts Pressures 9. Social Construction UK Egypt 10. Prevention or Cure for Catastrophic Events? Landslide at La Josefina, Ecuador 11. Community Level Mitigation: Philippines 12. Flood Management Regime Netherlands Bangladesh 13. Unresolved Challenges: Marmara Earthquake, Turkey 14. Ecological Reconstruction Upper Yangtze River, China V: Conclusion 15. Emerging Concerns