Vulnerability and resilience to natural hazards / edited by Sven Fuchs University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Thomas Thaler, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2018Description: xvi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmISBN:

9781107154896 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

363.346 23

LOC classification:

HM1101 .V85 2018

Contents:

Vulnerability: an introduction -- Physical vulnerability -- Social vulnerability -- Economic vulnerability -- Institutional vulnerability -- Resilience: an introduction -- Physical resilience -- Social resilience -- Economic resilience -- Institutional resilience -- Linkages between vulnerability and resilience -- Synthesis and conclusion.

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	363.346 VUL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		3010039188

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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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