Cover Image

Risk Assessment and Hazard Mapping

Hazard and risk assessments are the crucial first step in disaster risk management (DRM) and the basis for formulating DRM policies. They must take into account worst-case scenarios in the event of the largest possible hazard, while recognizing tha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sagara, Junko, Saito, Keiko
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
CELLS
DAMAGES
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTERS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EVACUATION
EVACUATION PROCEDURES
EVACUATION ROUTES
FIRE
FIRES
FLOODING
FLOODS
HAZARD
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE
LANDSLIDES
NATURAL HAZARDS
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS
PHYSICAL DAMAGE
POWER PLANTS
PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK EXPOSURE
SAFETY
STORM
TRANSPORTATION
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
WARNING
WARNINGS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273314/risk-assessment-hazard-mapping
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16146

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273314/risk-assessment-hazard-mapping
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16146

Similar Items