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040 _cCUS
082 _a658.477
_bBIR/M
100 _aBirkmann, Joern
245 0 _aMeasuring vulnerability to natural hazards: Towards disaster resilient societies/
_cJoern Birkmann
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aTokyo:
_bUnited Nations University Press,
_c2006.
300 _a524 p.
505 _a 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.
650 _a Natural disaster warning systems.
650 _aNatural disasters.
650 _aSocial sciences.
942 _cWB16