Part. I. Piasters, vulnerability, and the global economy/Charlotte Benson and Edward Clay-Natural hazard risk and privatization/Paul K. Freeman-Natural disaster risk and cost-benefit analysis/Reinhard Mechler-Globalization and natural disasters: an integrative risk management approach/Torben Juul Andersen-Urban disasters and globalization/J. M. Albala-Bertrand-Interdependent disaster risks: the need for public-private partnerships/Howard Kunreuther. .

Part II. Cities and climate change/Anthony G. Bigio--The resilience of coastal meaning cities to weather-related hazards/Richard J. T. Kevin, Robert Nicholls, and Frank Thomalla-Flood management and vulnerability of Dhaka City/Saleemul Huq and Mozaharul Alam-Flooding in the Pampean Region of Argentina: the Salado--Flooding in the Pampean Region of Argentina: the Salado Basin/Hilda Herzer--Urbanization and natural disasters in the Mediterranean: Population growth and climate change in the 21st century/Hans Gunter Branch--Urban land markets and disasters: floods in Argentina's cities/Nora Clinchevsky. .

Part III. Social vulnerability to disaster impacts. Disaster risk reduction in megacities: making the most of human and social capital/Ben Wisner-Living with risk: toward effective disaster management training in Africa/Prvoslav Marjonovic and Krisno Nimpuno-Urban vulnerability to disasters in developing Countries: managing risks/E. L. Quarantelli-Natural disasters and urban cultural heritage: a reassessment/June Tabor off. .

Part IV. Protecting critical infrastructure from disaster impacts. A new structural approach for the study of domino effects between life support networks/Benoit Robert et al.-Mitigating the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in developing Countries/Lamine Mili Damage to and vulnerability of industrial facilities in the 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake/Mustafa Erdik and Eser Durukal-The behavior of retrofitted buildings during earthquakes: new technologies/Mikayel Melkumyan.

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