Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards
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Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards

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Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards

About this book

In recent years there has been growing recognition that disaster risk cannot be reduced by focusing solely on physical hazards without considering factors that influence socio-economic impact. Vulnerability: the susceptibility to the damaging impacts of hazards, and resilience: the ability to recover, have become popular concepts in natural hazard and risk management. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience and their application to natural hazards research. With contributions from both physical and social scientists it provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the different types of vulnerability and resilience, the links between them, and concludes with the remaining challenges and future directions of the field. Examining global case studies from the US coast to Austria, this is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students working in natural hazard and risk reduction from both the natural and social sciences.

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Yes, you can access Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards by Sven Fuchs,Thomas Thaler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Mineralogy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series page
  3. Half Title
  4. Title page
  5. Imprints page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Contributors
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Vulnerability
  12. 3 Physical Vulnerability
  13. 4 Social Vulnerability
  14. 5 Economic Vulnerability
  15. 6 Institutional Vulnerability
  16. 7 Resilience: An Introduction
  17. 8 Physical Resilience
  18. 9 Social Resilience
  19. 10 Economic Resilience
  20. 11 Institutional Resilience
  21. 12 Linkages between Vulnerability and Resilience
  22. 13 Synthesis and Conclusion
  23. Notes
  24. References
  25. Index