Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America: 17 (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management) ... Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 17)

by Rajib Shaw (Editor), Hori Tsuneki (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2014

  $181.59

  Disasters cause economic as well as human losses, and the magnitude of this is ever increasing. This can largely be attributed to climate-related disasters, which intensify vulnerability in the poorest areas of the world. In this book, approaches to disaster risk management in developing countries are discussed, with particular focus on Costa Rica.