Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment for Economic Systems
Vulnerability and the Process of Recovery for Households and Companies in Phang-Nga and Phuket Provinces in Thailand
©2012
Thesis
XV,
256 Pages
Summary
In 2004 tsunami waves caused huge economic losses along the coastline of Southern Thailand. These resulted from direct damages and the following economic downturn. This study investigates the factors that led to this vulnerable situation. One of the greatest challenges in vulnerability research is the quantification. To answer this question, a wide database has been used, encompassing highly accurate remote sensing data, quantitative surveys and qualitative focus group discussion data. These data have been integrated in a structural equation model to reproduce factors and relations leading to the hazard induced effects and the capabilities to cope with. The model showed that the impact was almost completely compensated for by households’ and companies’ internal and external resilience capabilities.
Details
- Pages
- XV, 256
- Publication Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653012958
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631635834
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-01295-8
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (April)
- Keywords
- Tsunami Asia Naturkatastrophen
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XVI, 256 pp., 12 fig., 71 tables, 34 graphs and 13 maps