Birkmann, Jörn (ed.) - 2013 - 2. ed.
questions. The world has recently experienced disasters of a magnitude rarely seen before: the cascading disaster in Japan, the … earthquake in Haiti, and floods in Pakistan and Australia are a few prominent examples. These major disasters underline the fact …- and non-climate-related, sudden-onset and creeping hazards will most likely increase the risk of crises and disasters in …