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.): PART IV - SYNOPTIC ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HAZARDS ON A NATIONAL SCALE: (introduction...)

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.)

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

		*(introduction...)*
		1. Criteria used to identify territories prone to risks
		2. Five types of territories prone to risks
		3. National distribution of the territories prone to risks
		4. From a typological to a hierarchical classification of the territories prone to risks

(introduction...)

The synoptic evaluation of risks aims at identifying the criteria that can be used to differentiate the types of territories prone to risks, and also at drawing up a key suitable for all the countries in order to obtain a series of maps.