This chapter stresses the need for a paradigm shift from quantification and analysis of the
hazard to the identification, assessment and ranking of vulnerabilities. It underlines the …

Abstract The Risk Management Index, RMI, proposed in this paper, brings together a group
of indicators that measure risk management performance and effectiveness. These …

Risk is not only associated with the occurrence of intense physical phenomenon but also
with the vulnerability conditions that favor or facilitate disaster when such phenomenon …

Disaster risk management requires risk" dimensioning", and risk measuring should take into
account not only the expected physical damage, victims and economic equivalent loss, but …

Para corregir las causas del riesgo mediante acciones de intervención de la vulnerabilidad
y mediante el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de gestión del riesgo en todas sus …

El paradigma de la gestión integral del riesgo y su enfoque conceptual–económico, social y
ambiental–que lo subyace, han evolucionado desde el punto de vista teórico de una …

In order to improve disaster risk understanding and disaster risk management performance
in Latin America and the Caribbean a transparent, representative and robust system of …

Prolonged droughts severely affect the economic, social, and environmental sectors in
Mexico. The interest in reducing the costs of drought is now focused on prevention by means …

Dr. Bijan Khazai (khazai@ kit. edu) is a senior research scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology's Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) …

Técnicas innovadoras para la evaluación del riesgo sísmico y su gestión en centros urbanos:
Acciones ex ante y ex post Page 1 UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA ESCOLA …