Coping with regional vulnerability : preventing and mitigating damages from environmental disasters / Kiyoko Hagihara, Chisato Asahi, editors.

Whether a natural event turns into a disaster depends on the severity of the hazard as well as the condition of the social sphere of its potential victims, i.e., vulnerability. We focus on regional vulnerability considering the fact that regional socioeconomic conditions determine the aspects of the...

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Other Authors: Hagihara, Kiyoko (Editor), Asahi, Chisato (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer, [2016]
Series:New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; 4.
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