Coping with Regional Vulnerability Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hagihara, Kiyoko (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Asahi, Chisato (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 4
• Θέματα: Social policy.; Environmental economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Social Policy.; Environmental Economics.

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...