Climate-induced disasters in the Asia-Pacific region : response, recovery, adaptation
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Climate-induced disasters in the Asia-Pacific region : response, recovery, adaptation
(Community, environment and disaster risk management, v. 22)
Emerald, 2021
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Climate-induced disasters constitute a major risk to peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, the contributions in this volume examine local response, recovery and adaptation strategies, incorporating the perspectives and knowledge of affected individuals and communities. Asia-Pacific is the world's most disaster-prone region, accounting for about half of the climate-related displacements of 19 million people globally in 2017. Climate-related, fast-onset hazards, such as floods, cyclones and typhoons, have claimed many lives, displaced a high number of people and caused widespread damage over the past twenty years. The cost of short-term response to and medium- to long-term recovery from climate-induced disasters falls disproportionately on the poorest and most marginalised communities within Asia-Pacific countries.
This book presents richly-detailed qualitative research from diverse contexts across the Asia-Pacific region, and adds to scholarship on the trajectory of community resilience and adaptation to climate-related hazards.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1. Climate-Induced Disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region - From Response and Recovery to Adaptation
- Andreas Neef and Natasha Pauli Chapter 2. Linking Disaster Risk Reduction to Development: The Evolution of 'Building Back Better' in International Disaster Management Frameworks
- Lucy Benge and Andreas Neef Chapter 3. Intersections of Community Responses and Humanitarian Interventions in the Aftermath of the 2014 Floods in Solomon Islands
- Carl Adams and Andreas Neef Chapter 4. A Participatory Approach to Understanding the Impact of Multiple Natural Hazards in Communities along the Ba River, Fiji
- Gracie Irvine, Natasha Pauli, Renata Varea, and Bryan Boruff Chapter 5. Embodying Resilience: Narrating Gendered Experiences of Disasters in Fiji
- Kahukura Bennett, Andreas Neef, and Renata Varea Chapter 6. Participatory GIS and Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change and Environmental Hazards: A Cambodian Case Study
- Mark Williams, Natasha Pauli and Bryan Boruff Chapter 7. Seasonal Livelihoods and Adaptation Strategies for an Uncertain Environmental Future: Results from Participatory Research in Kratie Province, Cambodia
- Savuti Henningsen, Natasha Pauli, and Chanchhaya Chhom Chapter 8. The Effects of Private Household Insurance on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Samoa
- Ashley Bartlett, Meg Parsons, and Andreas Neef Chapter 9. Planned Relocation as a Contentious Strategy of Climate Change Adaptation in Fiji
- Lucy Benge and Andreas Neef
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