General hazards, risks, and disasters: Hazards are processes that produce danger to human life and infrastructure. Risks are the potential or possibilities that something bad will happen because …
This book grew out of ERIA’s research project entitled “Economic and Welfare Impacts of Disasters in East Asia and Policy Responses” in FY 2011–2012. We hope that it will improve the un…
This work arises from sociological refl ection about how people respond to and cope with a natural disaster. We live in a society where risks, disasters, and catastrophes are greatly increased …
Abstract: Recovery from floods is not only related to achieving the state of normalcy but also to pave the way for future development and growth of the business after a devastating impact on busi…
Conducted six months after the 2010 flood in Pakistan in nine severely impacted districts, this study explores the impacts of this flood on small businesses and factors that influenced their disast…
In times of crisis, companies need to carefully monitor current expenses and forecast potential costs, which could be caused by risky actions. Risk is inherent in all business functions and in eve…
The influenza pandemic of 191819 was the single most lethal short-term epidemic of the twentieth century. For Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, the most widely used estimate of…
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review of available research evidence on risk management in SMEs. We aim to reveal ambiguities, gaps and contradictions in the liter…
Due to rapid industrialization and urbanization in different parts of the world over the past several decades, there have been serious effects on climate. Available observational evidences indica…
Natural Hazards Analysis: Reducing the Impacts of Disasters examines the haz- ards analysis process but also provides a broad view of how we use the outcomes in preparedness, response, recovery…