Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies (second edition) /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birkmann, Jörn (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: UNU-EHS Expert Working Group on Measuring Vulnerability (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : United Nations University Press, 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster-resilient societies and to enhance adaptation : conceptual frameworks and definitions / Jörn Birkmann
  • Data, indicators and criteria for measuring vulnerability : theoretical bases and requirements / Jörn Birkmann
  • Environmental components of vulnerability / Fabrice G. Renaud
  • Crafting integrated early warning information systems : the case of drought / Roger S. Pulwarty and James Verdin
  • Archetypical patterns of vulnerability to environmental change : an approach to bridging scales. Lessons learned from UNEP's Fourth Global Environment Outlook / Marcel T.J. Kok and Jill Jäger
  • Review of global risk index projects : conclusions for sub-national and local approaches / Mark Pelling
  • The global risk analysis for the 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction / Pascal Peduzzi
  • Disaster risk hotspots : a project summary / Maxx Dilley
  • The WorldRiskIndex : a concept for the assessment of risk and vulnerability at national and local scale / Torsten Welle, Jörn Birkmann, Dunja Krause, Dora C. Suarez, Neysa J. Setiadi and Jan Wolfertz
  • System of indicators of disaster risk and risk management for the Americas : recent updating and application of the IDB-IDEA approach / Omar D. Cardona and Martha L. Carreño
  • Multi-risk and vulnerability assessment of Europe's regions / Stefan Greiving
  • The evolution of the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) / Susan L. Cutter and Daniel P. Morath
  • Disaster vulnerability assessment : the Tanzania experience / Robert B. Kiunsi and Meshack V. Minoris
  • Assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change in mountain environments / Stefan Schneiderbauer, Marc Zebisch, Steve Kass and Lydia Pedoth
  • Community-based risk index : pilot implementation in Indonesia / Christina Bollin and Ria Hidajat
  • Mapping vulnerability : integration of GIScience and participatory approaches at the local and district levels / Stefan Kienberger
  • Vulnerability assessment : the sector approach / Juan Carlos Villagrán de León
  • Self-assessment of coping capacity : participatory, proactive and qualitative engagement of communities in their own risk management / Ben Wisner
  • Assessing institutionalized capacities and practices to reduce the risks of flood disaster / Louis Lebel, Elena Nikitina, Vladimir Kotov and Jesse Manuta
  • Public sector fiscal vulnerability to disasters : the IIASA CATSIM model / Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Reinhard Mechler and Georg Pflug
  • Dynamics of vulnerability : relocation in the context of natural hazards and disasters / Jörn Birkmann, Matthias Garschagen, Nishara Fernando, Vo Van Tuan, Anthony Oliver-Smith and Siri Hettige
  • Conclusion / Jörn Birkmann
  • Components of risk : a comparative glossary / Katharina Marre.