The Year of Recurring Disasters: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2012

Author(s)
ElIzABETH FERRIS, DANIEl PETZ AND CHAREEN STARK
Publication language
English
Pages
119pp
Date published
01 Mar 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Gender, Poverty, Shelter and housing
Organisations
The Brookings Institution

 

This report, The Year of Recurring Disasters: A Review of Natural Disasters in
2012, examines four topics: disasters in 2012, with a focus on recurring disasters
(Chapter 1); the role of regional organizations in disaster risk management (Chapter
2); wildfires (Chapter 3); and the important role of women in disaster risk management
(Chapter 4).