Birkmann, Joern <br/><br/>
Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards: Towards disaster resilient societies/ 
Joern Birkmann  
 - 1st ed. 
 - Tokyo:  United Nations University Press,  2006. 
 - 524 p. 
<br/><br/>	Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of colour figures; List of acronyms; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Basic principles and theoretical basis; Part Ii: Vulnerability and environment; Part Iii: Global, national and sub-national index approaches; Part Iv: Local vulnerability assessment; Part V: Institutional vulnerability, coping and lessons learned; List of Contributors; Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789280871043  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Natural disaster warning systems.<br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Social sciences.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.477  / BIR/M