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2011 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: Concepts and Measurement of Human and Environmental Insecurity
verfasst von : Omar D. Cardona
Erschienen in: Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Disaster risk management is a development strategy that is notably attracting the increasing concern of policymakers and the general public due to the current emphasis on various components of human and environmental security. From the scientific perspective, comprehension of disaster risk is often manifested by compartmentalization of knowledge; in contrast, from the political and social point of view, this situation leads to a fragmented concept of management. The result is decreased effectiveness in terms of disaster risk reduction and, thus, an integrative framework seems essenti.