Local disaster risk management in a changing climate perspective from Central America /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hori, Tsuneki, Shaw, Rajib
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Σειρά: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 17.
• Θέματα: Social Science > Disasters & Disaster Relief.; Science > Environmental Science.; Natural disasters.; Social impact of environmental issues.; Management of land & natural resources.; Global warming > Central America.

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for...