Natural hazards and disaster risk reduction : putting research into practice

Preface 1. Culture and disaster risk reduction: Lessons and opportunities 2. Disaster-induced migration: Assessing the impact of extreme weather events on livelihoods 3. Building livelihoods to reduce risk among the most marginalized in urban areas: Strategic approaches from Dhaka 4. Evaluating critical links in early warning systems for natural hazards 5. 'Community' perceptions of a disaster risk reduction intervention at Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) Volcano, El Salvador 6. Why 'small is beautiful' in municipal disaster risk reduction: Evidence from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico 7. Conference summary on disaster risk reduction for natural hazards: Putting research into practice