Integrating environmental safeguards into disaster management : a field manual. Volume 2 : the disaster management cycle
2008
Miththapala, Sriyanie |
Increasing incidence and intensity of natural disasters and climate change are having over-arching impacts on the environment. Sustainable development is being undermined. Ecological services and their indirect economic values are frequently omitted from assessments. Mainstreaming ecosystem concerns both ecological and economical and integrating them into disaster management is essential.