Natural Disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh - Vulnerability Risks and Consequences (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - International Center for Training Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1998, 83 p.): INTRODUCTION: Study plan

Natural Disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh - Vulnerability Risks and Consequences (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - International Center for Training Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1998, 83 p.)

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INTRODUCTION

Context and objectives

General characteristics of the region under study

Study plan

PART I - THE CONSEQUENCES OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND BANGLADESH

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1. Overall assessment of natural disasters (events, human implications)

2. Economic consequences

PART II - NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: DISTRIBUTION AND FREQUENCES

1. Types of natural hazards and their distribution

2. Disaster frequency and distribution

PART III - ASSESSING VULNERABILITY CRITERIA AND GLOBAL RISK LEVELS

1. Analysis of the vulnerability criteria (figure 30)

1.1. Socio-economic indicators (wealth, health and education)

1.2. Demographic indicators (population density and growth)

1.3. Synthesis

2. Global risk levels (figure 33)

PART IV - SYNOPTIC ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HAZARDS ON A NATIONAL SCALE

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1. Criteria used to identify territories prone to risks

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1.1. Hazards

1.2. Different population types and consequences as concerns vulnerability

2. Five types of territories prone to risks

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2.1. Deltas

2.2. Inland basins

2.3. Coastal plains

2.4. Coastal mountains

2.5. Inland mountains

3. National distribution of the territories prone to risks

4. From a typological to a hierarchical classification of the territories prone to risks

CONCLUSIONS

Part I - The consequences of natural disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh

Part II - Natural hazards and disasters: Distribution and frequencies

Part III - Assessing vulnerability criteria and global risk levels

Part IV - Synoptic assessment of natural hazards on a national scale

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 - Map of events distribution according to the nature of disaster phenomena (1900-1996)

Appendix 2 - Map of events distribution according to the nature of disaster phenomena (1900-1971)

Appendix 3 - Map of events distribution according to the nature of disaster phenomena (1972-1996)

Appendix 4 - Physical maps of the seven target countries

Study plan

This study consists of four parts.

The first part is an analysis of the consequences of natural disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh that allows the drawing up of an overall assessment in terms of events, effects on humans and on the economies of the societies concerned.

The second part defines types of hazards and particularly in regard to their nature, frequency and spatial distribution. The analysis is based on a comparison between the potentialities and the phenomena that have occurred. A typological classification of the countries according to their degree of exposure to hazards is finally presented.

The third part is an analysis of the vulnerability of the countries in the region using a selection of socio-economic and demographic criteria. This analysis leads to a first classification of the countries based on these criteria. The degrees of vulnerability together with the degrees of exposure to natural hazards are then crossed and used to define the global risk levels of the countries under study and classify them according to their risk level.

The fourth part considers that the global approach to risks is insufficient since the diversities in each country are not taken into account. Therefore with a perspective of actions adapted to prevention and preparedness and considering the different physical and human characteristics, a synoptic assessment of the risks was effected on a national scale in order to identify different territories prone to risks.