TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dilley,Maxx
TI  - Natural disaster hotspots: a global risk analysis 
SN  - 0821359304 (pbk.)
AV  - GB5014 .D55 2005
U1  - 363.34 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Hazardous geographic environments
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-132); Project Approach  1
Key Findings of the Global Analyses  I
Key Findings of the Case Studies  12
Conclusions and the Way Forward  12
2. Project Objectives  19
3. Project Approach  23
Risk Assessment Framework  23
Selection of Natural Hazards  25
Units of Analysis  26
Summary of Data Sources and Data Preparation  27
Global Hotspots Classification  33
4  Single-Hazard Exposure ANalysis  35
Cyclones  35
Drought   35
Floods  35
Earthquakes  43
Volcanoes  44
Landslides  44
Single-Hazard Analysis of Exposure  44
5. Mltihazard Exposure Analysis  47
Simple Multihazard Index  47
Reclassification of Multihazard Areas by Population Density  52
61 ultihazard Risk Assessment   55
Derivation of Vulnerability Coefficients  55
Single-Hazard Risk Assessment Results  60
7. Multihazard Risk Assessment Results  81
8. Case Studies  93
Scale Issues  94
Summary of Case Study Results  94
Linkages to and Lessons for Global Analysis  110
9. Conclusions and the Way Forward  113
The Costs of Disaster Risks  113
Implications for Decision Making  115
Information Development for Disaster Risk Management  117
ER  -