Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies (second edition) /
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New York :
United Nations University Press,
2013.
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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.