Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crises

Resource Information

The work Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crises represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crises

Statement of responsibility

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP

Contributor

• United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Issuing body

• United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Subject

• Asia
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
• Developing countries
• Disaster relief -- Social aspects
• Disaster relief -- Social aspects -- Asia
• Disaster relief -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
• Disaster relief -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area
• Electronic books
• Emergency management
• Emergency management -- Asia
• Emergency management -- Developing countries
• Emergency management -- Pacific Area
• Financial crises -- Social aspects
• Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Asia
• Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
• Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area
• NATURE -- Natural Disasters
• Natural disasters -- Asia -- Planning
• Natural disasters -- Developing countries -- Planning
• Natural disasters -- Pacific Area -- Planning
• Natural disasters -- Planning
• Natural disasters -- Social aspects
• Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- Asia
• Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
• Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area
• Pacific Area
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"The Asia-Pacific region has been battered in recent years by a relentless series of shocks. Some have been related to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or droughts or floods. Others, such as the 2008 financial crisis, have been caused by convulsions in global markets. Still others, such as rocketing food and energy prices, have been the result of a complex combination of shocks. The traditional approach has been to consider such events individually. This is increasingly unrealistic. Governments across the region often find themselves dealing with overlapping shocks that demand a more comprehensive and systemic approach to building resilience. Resilience in this sense means the capacity of countries to withstand, adapt to, and recover from natural disasters and major economic crises - so that their people can continue to lead the kind of life they value. For many policymakers this is new territory: they are more accustomed to focusing on problems in particular economic or social sectors rather than treating them as systemic wholes. Even more difficult, they have to take decisive action now about events that may or may not take place. By definition, this is a step into the unknown. On the whole, human beings are not very good at assessing risks and uncertainties. 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."--UNESCAP website

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

363.3/492/095

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

GB5011.69

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography