Measuring Vulnerability To Natural Hazards

Author : Birkmann
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 8179931226

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Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards by Birkmann Pdf

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards presents a broad range of current approaches to measuring vulnerability. It provides a comprehensive overview of different concepts at the global, regional, national, and local levels, and explores various schools of thought. More than 40 distinguished academics and practitioners analyse quantitative and qualitative approaches, and examine their strengths and limitations. This book contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to illustrate the theoretical analyses.The authors provide answers to some of the key questions on how to measure vulnerability and they draw attention to issues with insufficient coverage, such as the environmental and institutional dimensions of vulnerability and methods to combine different methodologies.This book is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment and is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers, practitioners, and anybody else interested in understanding the fundamentals of measuring vulnerability. It is a critical review that provides important conclusions which can serve as an orientation for future research towards more disaster resilient communities.

Author : Jörn Birkmann,UNU-EHS Expert Working Group on Measuring Vulnerability
Publisher : UN
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : UCSD:31822041332222

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Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards by Jörn Birkmann,UNU-EHS Expert Working Group on Measuring Vulnerability Pdf

"Climate change adaptation", "building resilience" and "vulnerability and risk reduction" are noble words, but do we really know what is meant by these terms and how to assess their respective progress? This book seeks to address these questions. The world has recently experienced disasters of a magnitude rarely seen before: the cascading disaster in Japan, the earthquake in Haiti, and floods in Pakistan and Australia are a few prominent examples. These major disasters underline the fact that many communities and world regions are still vulnerable to extreme events and natural hazards. Additionally, creeping changes, such as sea level rise, are emerging pressures in the context of climate change. These changes are very likely to seriously affect livelihoods in many regions. The dynamic and complex interaction between vulnerable communities, and climate- and non-climate-related, sudden-onset and creeping hazards will most likely increase the risk of crises and disasters in the future. Following the popularity of the first edition, this volume has been completely revised and fully updated. This new edition includes the dimension of adaptation to climate change and new risks resulting from climate change. It combines practical examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe with theoretical and conceptual frameworks. It is key reading for all those interested in improving risk reduction and adaptation strategies to extreme events and gradual changes in the context of climate change and natural hazards."--Publisher's description.

Author : Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134528615

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At Risk by Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner Pdf

The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

Author : Sven Fuchs,Thomas Thaler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107154896

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Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards by Sven Fuchs,Thomas Thaler Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience for natural hazards research for both physical and social scientists.

Author : Jörn Birkmann,Stefan Kienberger,David Alexander
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124105485

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Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards by Jörn Birkmann,Stefan Kienberger,David Alexander Pdf

Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards covers the vulnerability of human and environmental systems to climate change and eight natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, avalanches, forest fires, drought, coastal erosion, and heat waves. This book is an important contribution to the field, clarifying terms and investigating the nature of vulnerability to hazards in general and in various specific European contexts. In addition, this book helps improve understanding of vulnerability and gives thorough methodologies for investigating situations in which people and their environments are vulnerable to hazards. With case studies taken from across Europe, the underlying theoretical frame is transferrable to other geographical contexts, making the content relevant worldwide. Provides a framework of theory and methodology designed to help researchers and practitioners understand the phenomenon of vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters and to climate change Contains case studies that illustrate how to apply the methodology in different ways to diverse hazards in varied settings (rural, urban, coastal, mountain, and more) Describes how to validate the results of methodology application in different situations and how to respond to the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders represented by the public and private sectors, civil society, researchers, and academics

Author : Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134887071

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At Risk by Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner Pdf

Examines the significance of the human factor which is as much of a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Practical and policy conclusions are drawn with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of safer environments.

Author : José Simão Antunes Do Carmo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789848205

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Natural Hazards by José Simão Antunes Do Carmo Pdf

This book addresses different aspects of natural hazards and vulnerabilities, with a focus on prevention and protection. It consists of nine chapters, five on flood events addressing vulnerabilities, risk assessments, impacts, sensitivity analyses, and mitigation measures, two on climate change and reconstruction of natural hazard events such as avalanches and rockslides, and two on tsunamis and volcanoes. All chapters provide relevant information and useful elements for readers interested and concerned about the lack of action or its ineffectiveness in containing the vulnerabilities and risks of possible natural hazards worldwide.

Author : Anita Dwyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131928009

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Quantifying Social Vulnerability by Anita Dwyer Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309045469

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A Safer Future by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Pdf

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.

Author : Piers M. Blaikie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Catastrophes naturelles
ISBN : 9780415084765

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At Risk by Piers M. Blaikie Pdf

Examines the significance of the human factor which is as much of a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Practical and policy conclusions are drawn with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of safer environments.

Author : Wim Naude,Amelia Santos-Paulino,Mark McGillivray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317984511

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Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries by Wim Naude,Amelia Santos-Paulino,Mark McGillivray Pdf

In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty. New approaches in development economics have in recent years started from the premise that we cannot successfully deal with poverty unless we also deal with vulnerability—but not only vulnerability to income poverty but also vulnerability to various others hazards—such as climate, conflict, macroeconomic shocks and natural disasters. This book provide insights into new approaches in conceptualising and measuring vulnerability. It includes chapters dealing with advanced issues such as the compilation of economic vulnerability indices (EVIs) on a macro-level, of conceptualizing and measuring local vulnerability across regions in a country, and of measuring the flip-side of vulnerability, namely resilience. The book also explores the sensitivities of the various measurements of vulnerability to vulnerability lines, poverty lines, and permanent income, with consideration to some of the most vulnerable groups in developing countries. Overall, the contributions in the book consolidate new approaches as far as the concept and measurement of vulnerability on different levels and outcomes are concerned, and note directions for future research. This book was published as a special issue of Oxford Development Studies.

Author : Greg Bankoff,Georg Frerks,Dorothea Hilhorst
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849771924

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Mapping Vulnerability by Greg Bankoff,Georg Frerks,Dorothea Hilhorst Pdf

Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to personal property, agriculture, and infrastructure. So what can be done? The key to understanding the causes of disasters and mitigating their impacts is the concept of 'vulnerability'. Mapping Vulnerability analyses 'vulnerability' as a concept central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact. Written and edited by a distinguished group of disaster scholars and practitioners, this book is a counterbalance to those technocratic approaches that limit themselves to simply looking at disasters as natural phenomena. Through the notion of vulnerability, the authors stress the importance of social processes and human-environmental interactions as causal agents in the making of disasters. They critically examine what renders communities unsafe - a condition, they argue, that depends primarily on the relative position of advantage or disadvantage that a particular group occupies within a society's social order. The book also looks at vulnerability in terms of its relationship to development and its impact on policy and people's lives, through consideration of selected case studies drawn from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Mapping Vulnerability is essential reading for academics, students, policymakers and practitioners in disaster studies, geography, development studies, economics, environmental studies and sociology.

Author : Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Jan Davis,Ben Wisner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:48022534

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At Risk by Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Jan Davis,Ben Wisner Pdf

Author : Burrell E. Montz,Graham A. Tobin,Ronald R. Hagelman
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462529186

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Natural Hazards, Second Edition by Burrell E. Montz,Graham A. Tobin,Ronald R. Hagelman Pdf

Revised edition of: Natural hazards: explanation and integration / Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz. c1997.

Author : John Tiefenbacher
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789535110934

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Approaches to Disaster Management by John Tiefenbacher Pdf

Approaches to Disaster Management regards critical disaster management issues. Ten original research reports by international scholars centered on disaster management are organized into three general areas of hazards and disaster management. The first section includes discussions of perspectives on vulnerability and on evolving approaches to mitigation. The second section highlights approaches to improve data use and information management in several distinct applications intended to promote prediction and communication of hazard. The third section regards the management of crises and post-event recovery in the private sector, in the design of urban space and among the victims of disaster. This volume contributes both conceptual and practical commentary to the disaster management literature.