Coping with regional vulnerability : preventing and mitigating damages from environmental disasters /

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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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Hagihara, Kiyoko (Editor), Asahi, Chisato (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer, 2016
Series:New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; 4.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central