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Responses to disasters and climate change : understanding vulnerability and fostering resilience / / edited by Michele Companion, Miriam S. Chaiken
| Responses to disasters and climate change : understanding vulnerability and fostering resilience / / edited by Michele Companion, Miriam S. Chaiken |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina | 363.34 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Social aspects
Disaster relief - Social aspects Natural disasters - Social aspects Climatic changes - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-31590-4
1-78684-290-4 1-315-31592-0 1-315-31591-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | section I. Methodology, policy, and early warning systems -- section II. Impacts on resilience and vulnerability -- section III. Community-based factors that impact resilience and vulnerability. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154882503321 |
| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike
| Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Social aspects
Risk assessment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-429-24977-2
1-4200-7857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters -- chapter 3 The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development -- chapter 4 Class -- chapter 5 Race and Ethnicity -- chapter 6 Gender -- chapter 7 Age -- chapter 8 Disability -- chapter 9 Health -- chapter 10 Language and Literacy -- chapter 11 Households and Families -- chapter 12 Violence and Disaster Vulnerability -- chapter 13 The Nature of Human Communities -- chapter Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability -- chapter 15 New Ideas for Practitioners -- chapter 16 Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters -- chapter Biographies of Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467832403321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike
| Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Social aspects
Risk assessment |
| ISBN |
0-429-24977-2
1-4200-7857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters -- chapter 3 The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development -- chapter 4 Class -- chapter 5 Race and Ethnicity -- chapter 6 Gender -- chapter 7 Age -- chapter 8 Disability -- chapter 9 Health -- chapter 10 Language and Literacy -- chapter 11 Households and Families -- chapter 12 Violence and Disaster Vulnerability -- chapter 13 The Nature of Human Communities -- chapter Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability -- chapter 15 New Ideas for Practitioners -- chapter 16 Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters -- chapter Biographies of Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794870703321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike
| Social vulnerability to disasters / / edited by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Social aspects
Risk assessment |
| ISBN |
0-429-24977-2
1-4200-7857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Theoretical Framing of Worldviews, Values, and Structural Dimensions of Disasters -- chapter 3 The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development -- chapter 4 Class -- chapter 5 Race and Ethnicity -- chapter 6 Gender -- chapter 7 Age -- chapter 8 Disability -- chapter 9 Health -- chapter 10 Language and Literacy -- chapter 11 Households and Families -- chapter 12 Violence and Disaster Vulnerability -- chapter 13 The Nature of Human Communities -- chapter Chaoter 14. Measuring and Conveying Social Vulnerability -- chapter 15 New Ideas for Practitioners -- chapter 16 Promoting Empowerment: Social Change in Disasters -- chapter Biographies of Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818388203321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]]
| The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Vollmer Hendrik <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 303.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Disasters - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-107-35794-2
1-107-23798-X 1-107-34207-4 1-107-34928-1 1-107-34832-3 1-139-42462-9 1-107-34582-0 1-299-40342-5 1-107-34457-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Confronting disruptions: the nexus of social situations; 1.1 Events and experts; 1.2 Social scientists facing disruptions; 1.3 Crises and catastrophes; 1.4 Punctuated equilibrium; 1.5 Rules and exceptions; 1.6 Tracing trauma; 1.7 The nexus of social situations; 1.8 Framing disruptions; 1.9 Conclusion; 2 Framing situations, responding to disruptions; 2.1 The framing concept; 2.2 Participants; 2.3 Disruptions; 2.4 Responses; 2.5 Keys; Signs; Symbols; Resources; 2.6 Practical sense and punctuated cooperation
2.7 Framing, strategies and fields2.8 Conclusion; 3 The social order of punctuated cooperation; 3.1 Containing participants; 3.2 Involvement in punctuated cooperation; Engrossment; Rekeying; Practical sense and private deliberations; Emergent context; Transcendence; 3.3 Endogeneity and selectivity; 3.4 Normalizing disruptions; 3.5 Towards change in strategies and fields; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Organizational stress, failure and succession; 4.1 Formally organized cooperation; Formal expectations; Keys; Upkeying and downkeying; 4.2 Upkeying and downkeying organizational stress Organizational stress and emergent orderThreat-rigidity effects; Rekeying punctuated cooperation; 4.3 'Nothing succeeds like succession'; Socializing newcomers; Enter: the successor; Elementary contingencies; Keys and coalitions; The struggle for social capital; 4.4 Framing organizational failure; 4.5 The high-reliability challenge; 4.6 Conspicuous associations; 4.7 Implications for organizational theory; 4.8 Conclusion; 5 Violence and warfare; 5.1 Violent engagements; 5.2 The cohesion and disintegration of military units; 5.3 Hitler's army; 5.4 The multiple normalizations of warfare 5.5 Redistribution, domination and contentionTotalizing warfare; Resistance and revolution; Contingent dynamics of centralization; 5.6 Associating and stratifying across situations; 5.7 Conclusion; 6 Elaborating the theory; 6.1 Tracing disruptiveness; 6.2 Theorizing change in strategies; 6.3 Successful strategies; 6.4 Punctuated equilibrium and the successes of succession; 6.5 Assembling empirical records; 6.6 Framing the relational; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | The Sociology of Disruption, Disaster & Social Change |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452386403321 |
Vollmer Hendrik <1972->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]]
| The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Vollmer Hendrik <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 303.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Disasters - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-107-35794-2
1-107-23798-X 1-107-34207-4 1-107-34928-1 1-107-34832-3 1-139-42462-9 1-107-34582-0 1-299-40342-5 1-107-34457-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Confronting disruptions: the nexus of social situations; 1.1 Events and experts; 1.2 Social scientists facing disruptions; 1.3 Crises and catastrophes; 1.4 Punctuated equilibrium; 1.5 Rules and exceptions; 1.6 Tracing trauma; 1.7 The nexus of social situations; 1.8 Framing disruptions; 1.9 Conclusion; 2 Framing situations, responding to disruptions; 2.1 The framing concept; 2.2 Participants; 2.3 Disruptions; 2.4 Responses; 2.5 Keys; Signs; Symbols; Resources; 2.6 Practical sense and punctuated cooperation
2.7 Framing, strategies and fields2.8 Conclusion; 3 The social order of punctuated cooperation; 3.1 Containing participants; 3.2 Involvement in punctuated cooperation; Engrossment; Rekeying; Practical sense and private deliberations; Emergent context; Transcendence; 3.3 Endogeneity and selectivity; 3.4 Normalizing disruptions; 3.5 Towards change in strategies and fields; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Organizational stress, failure and succession; 4.1 Formally organized cooperation; Formal expectations; Keys; Upkeying and downkeying; 4.2 Upkeying and downkeying organizational stress Organizational stress and emergent orderThreat-rigidity effects; Rekeying punctuated cooperation; 4.3 'Nothing succeeds like succession'; Socializing newcomers; Enter: the successor; Elementary contingencies; Keys and coalitions; The struggle for social capital; 4.4 Framing organizational failure; 4.5 The high-reliability challenge; 4.6 Conspicuous associations; 4.7 Implications for organizational theory; 4.8 Conclusion; 5 Violence and warfare; 5.1 Violent engagements; 5.2 The cohesion and disintegration of military units; 5.3 Hitler's army; 5.4 The multiple normalizations of warfare 5.5 Redistribution, domination and contentionTotalizing warfare; Resistance and revolution; Contingent dynamics of centralization; 5.6 Associating and stratifying across situations; 5.7 Conclusion; 6 Elaborating the theory; 6.1 Tracing disruptiveness; 6.2 Theorizing change in strategies; 6.3 Successful strategies; 6.4 Punctuated equilibrium and the successes of succession; 6.5 Assembling empirical records; 6.6 Framing the relational; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | The Sociology of Disruption, Disaster & Social Change |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779412103321 |
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Vollmer Hendrik <1972->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]]
| The sociology of disruption, disaster and social change : punctuated cooperation / / Hendrik Vollmer [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Vollmer Hendrik <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 303.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Disasters - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-107-35794-2
1-107-23798-X 1-107-34207-4 1-107-34928-1 1-107-34832-3 1-139-42462-9 1-107-34582-0 1-299-40342-5 1-107-34457-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Confronting disruptions: the nexus of social situations; 1.1 Events and experts; 1.2 Social scientists facing disruptions; 1.3 Crises and catastrophes; 1.4 Punctuated equilibrium; 1.5 Rules and exceptions; 1.6 Tracing trauma; 1.7 The nexus of social situations; 1.8 Framing disruptions; 1.9 Conclusion; 2 Framing situations, responding to disruptions; 2.1 The framing concept; 2.2 Participants; 2.3 Disruptions; 2.4 Responses; 2.5 Keys; Signs; Symbols; Resources; 2.6 Practical sense and punctuated cooperation
2.7 Framing, strategies and fields2.8 Conclusion; 3 The social order of punctuated cooperation; 3.1 Containing participants; 3.2 Involvement in punctuated cooperation; Engrossment; Rekeying; Practical sense and private deliberations; Emergent context; Transcendence; 3.3 Endogeneity and selectivity; 3.4 Normalizing disruptions; 3.5 Towards change in strategies and fields; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Organizational stress, failure and succession; 4.1 Formally organized cooperation; Formal expectations; Keys; Upkeying and downkeying; 4.2 Upkeying and downkeying organizational stress Organizational stress and emergent orderThreat-rigidity effects; Rekeying punctuated cooperation; 4.3 'Nothing succeeds like succession'; Socializing newcomers; Enter: the successor; Elementary contingencies; Keys and coalitions; The struggle for social capital; 4.4 Framing organizational failure; 4.5 The high-reliability challenge; 4.6 Conspicuous associations; 4.7 Implications for organizational theory; 4.8 Conclusion; 5 Violence and warfare; 5.1 Violent engagements; 5.2 The cohesion and disintegration of military units; 5.3 Hitler's army; 5.4 The multiple normalizations of warfare 5.5 Redistribution, domination and contentionTotalizing warfare; Resistance and revolution; Contingent dynamics of centralization; 5.6 Associating and stratifying across situations; 5.7 Conclusion; 6 Elaborating the theory; 6.1 Tracing disruptiveness; 6.2 Theorizing change in strategies; 6.3 Successful strategies; 6.4 Punctuated equilibrium and the successes of succession; 6.5 Assembling empirical records; 6.6 Framing the relational; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | The Sociology of Disruption, Disaster & Social Change |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813125803321 |
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Vollmer Hendrik <1972->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes, editors
| Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.34/6095
363.346095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JhaAbhas Kumar <1966->
Stanton-GeddesZuzana |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Economic aspects
Disasters - Social aspects Emergency management - East Asia Emergency management - Pacific Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8213-9831-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
C1; C2; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Key Facts about Disasters; Key Facts about Prevention; Note to Decision Makers; Executive Summary; Where Are We Now?; Boxes; Box ES.1 Key Terms; Figure ES.2 Asia's Unique Urbanization in Terms of Growth of Population, Cities, and Densities; Figures; Figure ES.1 East Asia and the Pacific Disasters in Economic Losses in 2011; Figure ES.3 Risk Governance Capacity and World Bank Country Classification by Income; Where Do We Want to Be?
Figure ES.4 Underinvestment of Low- and Low-to-Middle-Income Countries in Risk MitigationFigure ES.5 Patterns in Jakarta between Slum and Flood-Prone Areas; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure ES.6 Making Informed Decisions to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Figure ES.7 World Bank's DRM Framework and Examples of Engagements in East Asia and the Pacific; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Managing Risks in East Asia and the Pacific: An Agenda for Action; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now? Figure 1.1 Impact of Natural Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific in the Last 30 YearsFigure 1.2 Weather and Climate-Related Disasters and Regional Average Impacts, 2000-08; Figure 1.3 Growing Assets in Asia; Where Do We Want to Be?; Figure 1.4 Normalizing Losses from Nongeophysical Disasters in South and East Asia and Pacific Countries with Different Methodologies; Box 1.1 Lessons from the Tohoku Earthquake; Box 1.2 Approaches to Dealing with Complex Failures and Uncertainty; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure 1.5 Robustness to Climate Change Uncertainties Figure 1.6 Formulating an Adaptive Strategy: Experience from the NetherlandsFigure 1.7 Informed Decision-Making Process to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 1.3 The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery; Box 1.4 Strengthening the Philippines' Resilience to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Strengthening Institutions and Outreach to Communities; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Box 2.1 Impact of Cyclone Nargis in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Box 2.2 Examples of DRM Legislation in the Region Where Do We Want to Be?Box 2.3 Lincolnshire Mapping of Critical Assets Case Study; Figure 2.1 Post-Disaster and Pre-Disaster Spending Levels; Box 2.4 Indonesia: Using CDD Programs to Respond to Disasters; What Needs to Be Done?; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 2.5 Partnership with ASEAN; Box 2.6 Using Social Protection Mechanisms to Respond to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Risk Identification; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Figure 3.1 Elements of Risk Identification and Risk Reduction in DRM; Figure 3.2 Hazard, Exposure, and Risk Maps for Papua New Guinea Where Do We Want to Be? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462891703321 |
| Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / edited by Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes
| Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / edited by Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/6095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JhaAbhas Kumar <1966->
Stanton-GeddesZuzana |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Economic aspects
Disasters - Social aspects Emergency management - East Asia Emergency management - Pacific Area |
| ISBN | 0-8213-9831-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
C1; C2; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Key Facts about Disasters; Key Facts about Prevention; Note to Decision Makers; Executive Summary; Where Are We Now?; Boxes; Box ES.1 Key Terms; Figure ES.2 Asia's Unique Urbanization in Terms of Growth of Population, Cities, and Densities; Figures; Figure ES.1 East Asia and the Pacific Disasters in Economic Losses in 2011; Figure ES.3 Risk Governance Capacity and World Bank Country Classification by Income; Where Do We Want to Be?
Figure ES.4 Underinvestment of Low- and Low-to-Middle-Income Countries in Risk MitigationFigure ES.5 Patterns in Jakarta between Slum and Flood-Prone Areas; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure ES.6 Making Informed Decisions to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Figure ES.7 World Bank's DRM Framework and Examples of Engagements in East Asia and the Pacific; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Managing Risks in East Asia and the Pacific: An Agenda for Action; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now? Figure 1.1 Impact of Natural Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific in the Last 30 YearsFigure 1.2 Weather and Climate-Related Disasters and Regional Average Impacts, 2000-08; Figure 1.3 Growing Assets in Asia; Where Do We Want to Be?; Figure 1.4 Normalizing Losses from Nongeophysical Disasters in South and East Asia and Pacific Countries with Different Methodologies; Box 1.1 Lessons from the Tohoku Earthquake; Box 1.2 Approaches to Dealing with Complex Failures and Uncertainty; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure 1.5 Robustness to Climate Change Uncertainties Figure 1.6 Formulating an Adaptive Strategy: Experience from the NetherlandsFigure 1.7 Informed Decision-Making Process to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 1.3 The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery; Box 1.4 Strengthening the Philippines' Resilience to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Strengthening Institutions and Outreach to Communities; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Box 2.1 Impact of Cyclone Nargis in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Box 2.2 Examples of DRM Legislation in the Region Where Do We Want to Be?Box 2.3 Lincolnshire Mapping of Critical Assets Case Study; Figure 2.1 Post-Disaster and Pre-Disaster Spending Levels; Box 2.4 Indonesia: Using CDD Programs to Respond to Disasters; What Needs to Be Done?; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 2.5 Partnership with ASEAN; Box 2.6 Using Social Protection Mechanisms to Respond to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Risk Identification; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Figure 3.1 Elements of Risk Identification and Risk Reduction in DRM; Figure 3.2 Hazard, Exposure, and Risk Maps for Papua New Guinea Where Do We Want to Be? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786119203321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / edited by Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes
| Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific / / edited by Abhas K. Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/6095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JhaAbhas Kumar <1966->
Stanton-GeddesZuzana |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Economic aspects
Disasters - Social aspects Emergency management - East Asia Emergency management - Pacific Area |
| ISBN | 0-8213-9831-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
C1; C2; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Key Facts about Disasters; Key Facts about Prevention; Note to Decision Makers; Executive Summary; Where Are We Now?; Boxes; Box ES.1 Key Terms; Figure ES.2 Asia's Unique Urbanization in Terms of Growth of Population, Cities, and Densities; Figures; Figure ES.1 East Asia and the Pacific Disasters in Economic Losses in 2011; Figure ES.3 Risk Governance Capacity and World Bank Country Classification by Income; Where Do We Want to Be?
Figure ES.4 Underinvestment of Low- and Low-to-Middle-Income Countries in Risk MitigationFigure ES.5 Patterns in Jakarta between Slum and Flood-Prone Areas; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure ES.6 Making Informed Decisions to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Figure ES.7 World Bank's DRM Framework and Examples of Engagements in East Asia and the Pacific; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Managing Risks in East Asia and the Pacific: An Agenda for Action; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now? Figure 1.1 Impact of Natural Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific in the Last 30 YearsFigure 1.2 Weather and Climate-Related Disasters and Regional Average Impacts, 2000-08; Figure 1.3 Growing Assets in Asia; Where Do We Want to Be?; Figure 1.4 Normalizing Losses from Nongeophysical Disasters in South and East Asia and Pacific Countries with Different Methodologies; Box 1.1 Lessons from the Tohoku Earthquake; Box 1.2 Approaches to Dealing with Complex Failures and Uncertainty; What Needs to Be Done?; Figure 1.5 Robustness to Climate Change Uncertainties Figure 1.6 Formulating an Adaptive Strategy: Experience from the NetherlandsFigure 1.7 Informed Decision-Making Process to Manage Risks and Build Resilience; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 1.3 The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery; Box 1.4 Strengthening the Philippines' Resilience to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Strengthening Institutions and Outreach to Communities; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Box 2.1 Impact of Cyclone Nargis in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Box 2.2 Examples of DRM Legislation in the Region Where Do We Want to Be?Box 2.3 Lincolnshire Mapping of Critical Assets Case Study; Figure 2.1 Post-Disaster and Pre-Disaster Spending Levels; Box 2.4 Indonesia: Using CDD Programs to Respond to Disasters; What Needs to Be Done?; How Can the World Bank Help?; Box 2.5 Partnership with ASEAN; Box 2.6 Using Social Protection Mechanisms to Respond to Disasters; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Risk Identification; Key Messages for Policy Makers; Where Are We Now?; Figure 3.1 Elements of Risk Identification and Risk Reduction in DRM; Figure 3.2 Hazard, Exposure, and Risk Maps for Papua New Guinea Where Do We Want to Be? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817093503321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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