This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the qualit... Lees meer.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsui... Lees meer.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsui... Lees meer.

This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the qualit... Lees meer.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsui... Lees meer.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. This book seeks to overcome the mismatch and to guide development of a policy and institutional framework. It provides t... Lees meer.