Assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards : a European perspective

• Corporate Author: Elsevier Science (firma)
• Other Authors: Birkmann, Jörn (Editor), Kienberger, Stefan (Editor), Alexander, David 1953- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston ; Heidelberg ; London ; New York ; Oxford ; Paris ; San Diego ; San Francisco ; Singapore ; Sydney ; Tokyo : Elsevier, [2014]
• Subjects: přírodní katastrofy > Evropa; environmentální rizika > Evropa; krizový management; civilní ochrana; havarijní plánování; natural disasters > Europe; environmental risk > Europe; crisis management; disaster planning; civil defence; kolektivní monografie; elektronické knihy; collective monographs; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780124105485; 978-0-12-410528-7
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xiii, 219 stran) : ilustrace, mapy

"Reducing risk that emerges from hazards of natural origin and societal vulnerability is a key challenge for the development of more resilient communities and the overall goal of sustainable development. Newest global assessment reports (GAR 2011, Welle et al. 2012; IPCC 2013) underscore that r...