Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards towards disaster resilient societies
A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the media and the general public, but their response was too late to prevent serious...
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Tokyo
United Nations University Press
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