Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: towards disaster resilient societies

摘要: A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. The tragic impacts these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, media and general public, but their response was too late to prevent serious harm. Societies need measure vulnerabilities in advance, make adequate provisions. This publication presents a broad range current approaches measuring vulnerability contains concrete experiences examples Africa, Asia, Americas Europe illustrate theoretical analyses.--Publisher's description.