with both human frailty and resilience
Macau (China)
to access information during a disaster situation
Philippines
by walkinged through floodwater of a storm surge
Mekong (Vietnam)
Researchers must collect it themselves
Mekong (Vietnam)
in low-lying deltas; taking time to calibrate instruments
Hoi An (Vietnam)
balancing tourism and disaster prevention is a worldwide concern
Myanmar some nearby villages were completely wiped out
Contrary to the high disaster risk, the number of people in developing countries researching disaster prevention is extremely low. This is dependent on a country s stage of development. When the country has little to spare, there are not enough public funds to be put toward disaster prevention, the environment, or other fields which hardly produce direct economic value.