The Demography of Disasters

Part 1 People, Vulnerability and Resilience.- Demographic approaches to understanding impacts from disasters.- The four periods of natural and technological disasters.- Demographic and vulnerability aspects of affected populations and regionalization of natural hazards related with extreme rainfall events in Brazil.- Natural Disaster and Social Capital Nexus for Resilience: A study of Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.- Part 2 - Migration & Relocation, Climate Change and Spatial Impacts.- Relocation of Communities after Natural Disasters in Taiwan and Japan.- Long-term mass displacements after nuclear disasters - Are they the largest emergency displacements of human history?- The demography of Climate change.- Indigenous demographic change and climate change.- Part 3 - Community Life and Recovery.- Communities in Fukushima and Chernobyl - enabling and inhibiting factors for recovery in nuclear disaster areas.- Community Life in the Aftermath of Catastrophe-Caused Demographic Change.- More than time? How Gallivare coped with the 1868 Deprivation and Katherine conceded to the 1998 Cyclone Les.- Indigenous cultural and demographic assets for managing disasters.- Part 4 - Planning for Future.- Planning for population loss.- Lifeline networks: Disruption from disasters or disasters from disruption? OR Reliance, vulnerability and disruption.- Exploring indigenous knowledge for assessing volcanic hazards and improving emergency communication.- Population urbanisation and disaster risks.- Conclusion.