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Building Resilience to Natural Disaster and Major Economic Crises

Publisher: The United Nations (UN)

Place of Publish: Thailand, Bangkok

Year: 2013

Page Numbers: 213

Acc. No: 4306

Class No: 363.34 BUI

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-92-1-120656-2

Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region of the world. A person living in Asia and the Pacific is four times more likely to be affected by natural disasters than someone living in Africa, and 25 times more likely than someone living in Europe or North America. For many policymakers, this is uncharted territory: they are more accustomed to focusing on problems in particular economic or social sectors rather than treating them as systemic wholes. This report provides a comprehensive response to addressing multiple shocks in Asia and the Pacific. It shows how people, organizations, institutions and policymakers can work together to weave resilience into economic, social and environmental policies.