Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards towards disaster resilient societies

A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the media and the general public, but their response was too late to prevent serious...

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Tác giả khác: Birkmann, Jörn
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Tokyo United Nations University Press c2006.
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