Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards write by Birkmann. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Vulnerability to Poverty
Vulnerability to Poverty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vulnerability to Poverty write by M. Grimm. This book was released on 2016-04-30. Vulnerability to Poverty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the current global crisis, high levels of volatility in trade, capital flows, commodity prices, aid, and the looming threat of climate change, this book brings together high-quality research and presents conceptual issues and empirical results to analyze the determinants of the vulnerability to poverty in developing countries.
Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards
Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards write by Sven Fuchs. This book was released on 2018-03-22. Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience for natural hazards research for both physical and social scientists.
Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries
Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries write by Wim Naude. This book was released on 2014-10-29. Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change
Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change write by Ian Burton. This book was released on 2004-11-15. Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Adaptation is a process by which individuals, communities and countries seek to cope with the consequences of climate change. The process of adaptation is not new; the idea of incorporating future climate risk into policy-making is. While our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts has become clearer, the availability of practical guidance on adaptation has not kept pace. The development of the Adaptation Policy Framework (APF) is intended to help provide the rapidly evolving process of adaptation policy-making with a much-needed roadmap. Ultimately, the purpose of the APF is to support adaptation processes to protect - and enhance - human well-being in the face of climate change. This volume will be invaluable for everyone working on climate change adaptation and policy-making.
