Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

• Confronting Disaster: Recent Lessons from the Asia-Pacific.- Localising the Humanitarian Toolkit: Lessons from Recent Philippines Disasters.- Muhammadiyah and Disaster Response: Innovation and Change in Humanitarian Assistance.- The Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on Maldives.- Collaboration in Emergency Response in China: Evolution from the Wenchuan Earthquake, May 12, 2008 to the Lushan Earthquake, April 20, 2013.- “One in Trouble, All to Help”: The Paired Assistance Program to Disaster-Affected Areas in China.- Collaborative Manpower Support for Restoring Hope in the Aftermath of the March 11 Disasters in Japan.- Communities at the Heart of Recovery: Reflections on the Government-Community Partnership for Recovery after the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia.- Disaster, Mental Health, and Community Resilience: Lessons from the Field in Aceh Province, Indonesia.- Regional Business Continuity Management through Public-Private Partnerships in Japan.- The Rise of Disaster Risk Insurance and Derivatives.- Building the Urban Community Disaster Relief System in China.

"The book Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific presents a synopsis of contemporary risk-management thinking in the Asia-Pacific. ... Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific is well organized, concise and easy to navigate. ... this book will be of interest to those involved in disaster risk-management activities throughout the Asia-Pacific." (Thomas W. Haase, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XL (1), September, 2015)