Gesellschaft, Politik und Wirtschaft werden durch ökologische, technologische und ökonomische Veränderungen der globalisierten Welt vor enorme Herausforderungen gestellt. Katastrophen verschiedenster Art treffen die Weltbevölkerung mit steigender Intensität und Häufigkeit. Unternehmen und...

Crises occur in all societies across world, and can be natural (such as hurricanes, flooding, and earthquakes), man-made (such as wars and economic downturns), or, often, a combination of both (such as famines, the flooding of New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina and subsequent levy...

The purpose of this book is to explore the ways that industries, under the pressures of global competition, balance sustained industrial competitiveness and robustness against major disasters. The book focuses mainly on the impact of disasters on supply chains for manufactured (mainly tradable)...

Cover -- Disaster Risk Management: Case Studies in South Asian Countries -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Disaster Risk Management -- CHAPTER 2: The Process of Disaster Management -- CHAPTER 3: The Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management in Bangladesh...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Part I: Disasters and Development: Instruments and Mechanisms for Strengthened Resilience -- 1. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back-Development and Disasters -- 2....

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...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- A. Disaster Profile and Trends in Asia and the Pacific -- B. Disaster Risks and Development in Asia and the Pacific -- C. Disaster Risk Management at ADB -- 2 Scope of a National...