Development in Disaster-prone Places: Studies in Vulnerability

Includes five case studies of vulnerability description and analysis:

Volcano in Tonga
Some perspectives on natural disaster vulnerability in Tonga
A multi-hazard history of Antigua
Vulnerability to a cyclone: Damage distribution in Sri Lanka
Change, and vulnerability to a natural hazard: Chiswell, Dorset.

Year:

1999

Source Publication:

IT Publications, London

Source Publication details:

Electronic format forthcoming (Practical Action March 2013)

Theme:

Vulnerability and disasters