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the future of disaster risk
出版World Bank Publications, 2003
ISBN08213549739780821354971
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GZG5x6SbeSAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Disaster impacts are increasing in severity, and affect communities far beyond the areas of geographic impact as regions are linked in new ways. While industrialized countries may register higher economic losses following a disaster, there have frequently systems in place to respond to the event to minimize loss life. Property is often covered by insurance. In developing countries, by contrast, disasters can cause major setbacks to economic and social development, inflict massive casualties, and cause the diversion of funds from development, to emergency relief and recovery. The papers in this volume were prepared as background material for the Conference on the Future of Disaster Risk : Building Safer Cities, and deal, in Part I, with subjects from vulnerability to disasters, risks, and associated costs, to the impact of globalization and the interdependent disaster risks, i.e., the need for public-private partnerships. Part II focuses on the environment, climate change, and adaptation, highlighting the resilience of coastal mega-cities to weather-related hazards, as well as flood management and vulnerability in different parts of the world. Part III refers to the social vulnerability aspects resulting from disaster impacts, through various case studies, and Part IV addresses how to protect critical infrastructure from disaster impacts.