About four decades ago, the discourse on disasters was largely about natural hazards and their characteristics. The failure of this approach to substantially explain disaster impacts led to a change in paradigm. This new paradigm places its emphasis on the influence of vulnerability and resilience on the resulting impacts of disaster– be they direct or indirect. Disasters triggered by natural hazards have since been perceived as un-natural occurrences brought about by a confluence of societal factors. Economic vulnerability and economic resilience, interacting with the hazard itself and the exposure of populations and economic systems, are considered critical determinants of the resulting disaster impacts. The theoretical conceptualization ...
In recent years, resilience has rapidly become a mainstream notion in addition to disaster vulnerabi...
Natural disasters are usually regarded as damage factors causing high private and social costs. Notw...
<p>Disaster risk is globally on the rise, mainly as a result of the complex interplay of environment...
With the shift from a hazard-centered disaster paradigm to one that places emphasis on vulnerability...
The economic recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis has raised important issues on diffe...
AbstractVulnerability has been defined as the degree to which a system, or part of it, may react adv...
Human societies have to cope with different kind of hazards. Extreme physical events constantly caus...
BOOK ABSTRACT: This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters ...
Resilience and vulnerability represent two core-concepts in the disaster field, widely invoked as ba...
Human societies and territories have always been confronted with hazards and risks, which are occasi...
Existing research on the impact of natural disasters focus on developing methods for estimating cost...
The intimate connections between disaster recovery by and the resilience of affected communities hav...
Resilience and vulnerability represent two core-concepts in the disaster field, widely invoked as ba...
Numerous publications about disasters are implying that disaster vulnerability is growing. The main ...
Ever increasing density of population and wealth increases the consequences of natural disasters. Th...
In recent years, resilience has rapidly become a mainstream notion in addition to disaster vulnerabi...
Natural disasters are usually regarded as damage factors causing high private and social costs. Notw...
<p>Disaster risk is globally on the rise, mainly as a result of the complex interplay of environment...
With the shift from a hazard-centered disaster paradigm to one that places emphasis on vulnerability...
The economic recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis has raised important issues on diffe...
AbstractVulnerability has been defined as the degree to which a system, or part of it, may react adv...
Human societies have to cope with different kind of hazards. Extreme physical events constantly caus...
BOOK ABSTRACT: This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters ...
Resilience and vulnerability represent two core-concepts in the disaster field, widely invoked as ba...
Human societies and territories have always been confronted with hazards and risks, which are occasi...
Existing research on the impact of natural disasters focus on developing methods for estimating cost...
The intimate connections between disaster recovery by and the resilience of affected communities hav...
Resilience and vulnerability represent two core-concepts in the disaster field, widely invoked as ba...
Numerous publications about disasters are implying that disaster vulnerability is growing. The main ...
Ever increasing density of population and wealth increases the consequences of natural disasters. Th...
In recent years, resilience has rapidly become a mainstream notion in addition to disaster vulnerabi...
Natural disasters are usually regarded as damage factors causing high private and social costs. Notw...
<p>Disaster risk is globally on the rise, mainly as a result of the complex interplay of environment...