TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkmann, Joern
TI  - Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards: Towards disaster resilient societies
SN  - 9789280871043 
U1  - 658.477 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - United Nations University Press
KW  -  Natural disaster warning systems
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - 	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
ER  -