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Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar : Risk Reduction in Natural Resource Management

By: Dr. John Espie Leake

...atural environment, which is most commonly considered under the rubric of natural resource management (NRM). The effect of speed of a disaster is, in public parlance, often illustrated by the metaphor of the ‘boiled frog’ – different human responses arise from whether a disaster is perceived to be of slow or rapid onset. This investigation reflects on the interplay o...

... Chapter 6 - Response to the cyclone – Shelter 79 Residential 79 Public Buildings 82 Commercial Structures 85 Chapter 7 - Response to the cyclone – Sustenance 80 Foo...

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