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.