Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that … disasters, and perceive the return on investment as uncertain - only realised if a somewhat unlikely disaster event actually … beyond only avoided losses (the first dividend) to the wider benefits gained independently of whether or not the disaster …

Chapter 1. Land Use and Disaster Governance in Asia: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. NAPSIPAG Is Ten Years Old: An Agenda … Security: New Challenges for Malaysia -- Part II: Disaster Management -- Chapter 7. Bangladesh: Natural Disaster Risk … of Disability Issue in Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy: Implications on Human Security and Social Cohesion -- Chapter 10 …

This study aims at analyzing the resilience of Indonesia from two aspects: one is was natural disaster and the other is …

-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis. Additionally, it explores the role of resilience in relation to the co-benefits of disaster …

– offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster …, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster …

Chapter 1. Strategic Disaster Management in Asia: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Diaster Management in the Five Year … -- Chapter 5. Disaster Management and Role of Armed Forces: Critical Analysis of Reactive Disaster Management in India -- Chapter … Reduction Strategy in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 7. Effectiveness of Administrative Preparedness: A Case Study …

There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of … adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster … with disaster risk management. It showcases projects and other initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both …

earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons are common, with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as an outstanding case of this link between … urban life. Unsafety from a disaster in one place increases uncertainty elsewhere, presenting urgent issues in all nations …, which followed in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, was the latent deterioration and aging of systems at all …

Part 1: Humanitarian Logistics Design and Planning -- 1. Humanitarian Logistics and Disaster Management: The Role of … -- Part 2: Humanitarian Logistics Strategies -- 6. Relief Network Model for Efficient Disaster Management and Disaster … India: A Qualitative Study -- 8. Managing Disaster Supply chains with RFID for Humanitarian Logistics -- 9. An Agile and …