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Coping with Regional Vulnerability: Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives)
Kiyoko Hagihara (Ed.)
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Description for Coping with Regional Vulnerability: Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hagihara, Kiyoko; Asahi, Chisato. Num Pages: 362 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 79 colour illustrations, 72 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCN; KCP; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 714.
Whether a natural event turns into a disaster depends on the severity of the hazard as well as the condition of the social sphere of its potential victims, i.e., vulnerability. We focus on regional vulnerability considering the fact that regional socioeconomic conditions determine the aspects of the damage and thus the risk management policy. This book provides the theory and methodology to understand and cope with regional vulnerability through an interdisciplinary approach. The fields mainly included in this work are welfare and environmental economics, the planning and management area of civil engineering, and risk management. In particular, we focus on ... Read more
Whether a natural event turns into a disaster depends on the severity of the hazard as well as the condition of the social sphere of its potential victims, i.e., vulnerability. We focus on regional vulnerability considering the fact that regional socioeconomic conditions determine the aspects of the damage and thus the risk management policy. This book provides the theory and methodology to understand and cope with regional vulnerability through an interdisciplinary approach. The fields mainly included in this work are welfare and environmental economics, the planning and management area of civil engineering, and risk management. In particular, we focus on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431551683
SKU
V9784431551683
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