Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies /
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Tokyo ; New York :
United Nations University,
c2006.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Janos J. Bogardi
- Basic principles and theoretical basis
- Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster-resilient societies: conceptual frameworks and definitions / Jörn Birkmann
- Indicators and criteria for measuring vulnerability: theoretical bases and requirements / Jörn Birkmann
- Social levels and hazard (in)dependence in determining vulnerability / Stefan Schneiderbauer, Daniele Ehrlich
- User needs: why we need indicators / Angela Queste, Peter Lauwe
- Vulnerability and environment
- Environmental components of vulnerability / Fabrice G. Renaud
- Human vulnerability to environmental change: an approach for UNEP's global environmental outlook (GEO) / Marcel T.J. Kok, Vishal Narain, Steven Wonink, Jill Jäger
- Global, national and sub-national index approaches
- Review of global risk index projects: Conclusions for sub-national and local approaches / Mark Pelling
- The disaster risk index: overview of a quantitative approach / Pascal Peduzzi
- Disaster risk hotspots: a project summary / Maxx Dilley
- A system of indicators for disaster risk management in the Americas / Omar D. Cardona
- Multi-risk assessment of Europe's regions / Stefan Greiving
- Disaster vulnerability assessment: the Tanzania experience / Robert B. Kiunsi, Manoris V. Meshak
- A human security index / Erich J. Plate
- Local vulnerability assessment
- Community-based disaster risk index: pilot implementation in Indonesia / Christina Bollin, Ria Hidajat
- Measuring vulnerability: the ADRC perspective for the theoretical basis and principles of indicator development / Masaru Arakida
- Vulnerability assessment: the sectoral 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
- Measuring vulnerability in Sri Lanka at the local level / Jörn Birkmann, Nishara Fernando, Siri Hettige
- Institutional vulnerability, coping and lessons learned
- Assessing institutionalised capacities and practices to reduce the risks of flood disaster / Louis Lebel, Elena Nikitina, Vladimir Kotov, Jesse Manuta
- Public sector financial vulnerability to disasters: the IIASA CATSIM model / Reinhard Mechler, Stefan Hochrainer, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Georg Pflug
- Text box effective measurement of vulnerability is essential to help those most in harm's way / Simon Horner
- Overcoming the black hole: outline for a quantitative model to compare coping capacities across countries / Peter Billing, Ulrike Madengruber
- A methodology for learning lessons: experiences at the European level / Elisabeth Krausmann, Fesil Mushtaq
- Conclusion and recommendation / Jörn Birkmann
- Core terminology of disaster reduction: a comparative glossary / Katharina Thywissen
- List of contributors
- Index.