Language: English
2004; Paperback;240x185mm;150 pages
Table of Contents
Chapter 1:
1.Flood as the most serious disaster
2.The Purpose of flood vulnerability assessment
Chapter 2: The Flood Vulnerability Assessment Approach
1.A typology of floods
2.The structure of a flood disaster system
3.The disaster enabling environment
4.Disaster drivers
5.Disaster bearers
6.Disaster bearing capacity of society
Chapter 3: Method for Assessing Flood Vulnerability
1.Vulnerability assessment
2.Methodology for assessing flood disaster vulnerability
3.The principles behind establishing an indicator system
4.The application of spatial information technology to vulnerability assessment
Chapter 4: Trial Assessment of the Yangtze River
1.The natural geography of the Yangtze River
2.Major historical floods
3.Assessment methodology
4.The disaster environment
5.Disaster drivers
6.Disaster bearers
7.Flood vulnerability zones in Yangtze River basin
Chapter 5: Application to Dongting Lake
1.Area covered by the assessment
2.Administrative units
3.Historical floods
4.Topography
5.Climate
6.Hydrological conditions
7.Flood drivers
8.Soil and biodiversity
9.The social economy
10.Methodology
Chapter 6: Assessment of Dongting’s Vulnerability to Flood Impacts
1.Flood disaster environment
2.Flood disaster driers in Dongting Lake area
3.Selection of indicators and vulnerability assessment for flood bearers
4.Social flood resistance capacity
5.Regionalization and integrated analysis of flood disaster vulnerability in the Dongting Lake region
Chapter 7: Results of the Assessment and Suggestions for Policy
1.Results
2.Policy recommendations
3.Limitations of this study
Appendix 1: The Analytical Hierarchy process
Appendix 2: Data Sources and Standards for Dongting Lake
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