00820nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000180001724500360003526000370007130000110010852004810011958300210060065000240062194200120064599900170065720260716044105.0  a16.03.01 U582  aHandbook for disaster assesment  bUN. ECLACaSantiagoCLc2014April  a298 p.  aCovers conceptual aspects of disasters and the basis for the methodology for estimating their effects. Looks at how to quantify the effects of disasters on the various sectors in society; and quantifying the effects on infrastructure. Discusses the cross-cutting consequences of disasters, such as their impacts on macroeconomic variables, the different effect they have on men and women owing to underlying gender relations in society and specific environmental consequences.  c8/13/14kEVELYND  aDISASTER MANAGEMENT  cMmU582  c60266d60266