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 …

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 …

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 …

in Sachsen -- Logistik und Supply Chain Management -- Katastrophenhilfe am Beispiel der Erdbeben in Friaul 1976. … Flutkatastrophen, Erdbeben und einem Großschadensereignis in der Industrie belegen, dass Fehler im Katastrophenmanagement den …

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 …

Chapter 1 Disaster Impact 1 Introduction 2 Firm Level Impact (Why Focus Solely on German Firms? Questionnaire Based … Situation of Non-Japanese Employees After the Disaster (Headquarter Sent Expatriates. Short-Term Visitors. Locally Hired Non …This publication sheds light on how Japan-based German firms dealt with the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake …

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 …