The growth of the disaster and climate risk analysis has largely taken place through the development of proprietary models and data only accessible to a restricted group of users. However, core digital assets have received a push early this century to open access so that larger populations can...

Im Jahr 2015 wurde das Sendai Rahmenwerk für Katastrophenvorsorge (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, SFDRR oder Sendai Rahmenwerk) auf der dritten Weltkonferenz der Vereinten Nationen (UN) zur Reduzierung von Katastrophenrisiken (Disaster Risk Reduction, DRR) im japanischen Sendai...

This article argues for legitimizing and realizing a coherent normative and principled approach to negotiating post-2015 agreements for climate justice, sustainable development and disaster risk reduction. A principled approach, rather than a relative transformative or chaotic approach, is just...

Natural disasters have become more common in recent years, highlighting the importance of disaster risk management and mitigation. The degree of vulnerability of human groups who experience losses as a result of the disaster determines disaster risks. The development process has a considerable...

I analyze optimal natural resource use in an intergenerational model with the risk of a catastrophe. Each generation maximizes a weighted sum of discounted utility (positive) and the probability that a catastrophe will occur at any point in the future (negative). The model generates time-...

I analyze optimal natural resource use in an intergenerational model with the risk of a catastrophe. Each generation maximizes a weighted sum of discounted utility (positive) and the probability that a catastrophe will occur at any point in the future (negative). The model generates...

Preface -- Setting the landscape -- Examples of risk information concealment practice -- Causes of risk information concealment -- Major on-going cases with information concealment practice -- Succesful risk information management.

Chapter 1. Strategic Disaster Management in Asia: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Diaster Management in the Five Year Plans of Bangladesh: An Assessment -- Chapter 3. Politico-Administrative Response to the Diastrous Impact of Hydro Power on Nature and People: A Case Study -- Chapter 4. Disability...

Merkmale und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung -- Gesellschaftliche Bedingungen eines adäquaten Katastrophenmanagement -- Versuch einer mikroökonomischen Betrachtung von Katastrophen -- Betriebswirtschaftliches Katastrophenmanagement -- Brandkatastrophe in der Lüneburger Heide 1975 -- Flutkatastrophe...