| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第13-36页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review: Economic Effects of Disasters | 第14-29页 |
| 1.2.1 Macroeconomic Impacts | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Risk, Exposure, Vulnerability, and Resilience | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2.3 Measures of Disaster Risk | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2.4 Contrast between Developed and Developing Countries | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2.5 Impact on Rich and Poor Families and Communities | 第21-22页 |
| 1.2.6 Social Vulnerability | 第22-26页 |
| 1.2.6.1 Models for Social Vulnerability | 第23页 |
| 1.2.6.2 Assessing Social Vulnerability | 第23-24页 |
| 1.2.6.3 The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) | 第24-26页 |
| 1.2.7 Assets as a Key to Understanding Vulnerability to Disasters | 第26-27页 |
| 1.2.8 Minimum Income Needed to Meet Basic Expenditures | 第27-29页 |
| 1.3 Research Problem, Questions, and Purpose | 第29-30页 |
| 1.4 Concepts and Definitions | 第30-34页 |
| 1.5 Research Hypothesis | 第34页 |
| 1.6 Significance of the Research | 第34-35页 |
| 1.7 Structure of the Dissertation | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH DESIGN | 第36-49页 |
| 2.1 Methodology | 第36-44页 |
| 2.1.1 Possible Quantitative Methods | 第36页 |
| 2.1.2 Selected Alternative Method for Data Gathering | 第36-38页 |
| 2.1.3 Fieldwork Description | 第38-41页 |
| 2.1.4 Compiling and Processing the Data | 第41-44页 |
| 2.2 Overview of Research Sites and Disaster Events | 第44-49页 |
| 2.2.1 Nepal | 第45-47页 |
| 2.2.2 Qinghai Province, China | 第47页 |
| 2.2.3 Myanmar | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH RESULTS | 第49-58页 |
| 3.1 Basic Parameters TA, BE and AH | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2 Marginal Family TAMF and AHMF | 第51-53页 |
| 3.3 Comparison of TAMF with TA for Median Economic Brackets | 第53-54页 |
| 3.4 Relative Impact on Respective Economic Brackets | 第54-58页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH RESULTS | 第58-69页 |
| 4.1 Research Results Related to Hypothesis | 第58-59页 |
| 4.2 Limitations | 第59-61页 |
| 4.3 Basic Expenditures (BE) in Differing Contexts | 第61-63页 |
| 4.4 Asset Horizon (AH) and Rate of Return (r) | 第63页 |
| 4.5 Assessing the Relative Severity of Disasters | 第63-66页 |
| 4.6 Relating AH to Pre- and Post-Disaster Priorities | 第66-69页 |
| CHAPTER 5 POSSIBLE FURTHER APPLICATIONS | 第69-74页 |
| 5.1 Urban Contexts and Developed Economies | 第69-70页 |
| 5.2 Impact of Diverse Disasters in Differing Contexts | 第70-71页 |
| 5.3 Asset Horizon (AH) and Population Displacement | 第71-72页 |
| 5.4 Possible Applications of AH and HEIF in Risk Models | 第72-73页 |
| 5.5 Practical Applications of Concepts and Methodology | 第73-74页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS | 第74-76页 |
| REFERENCES | 第76-81页 |
| 致谢 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第81-83页 |
| APPENDIX A COMMUNITY GROUP DISCUSSION RECORD SHEET | 第83-87页 |
| APPENDIX B FIELD DATA SUMMARY SHEETS | 第87-111页 |
| Rasuwa Field Data Summary Sheets | 第87-91页 |
| Melamchi Field Data Summary Sheets | 第91-99页 |
| Dhading Field Data Summary Sheets | 第99-104页 |
| Yushu Field Data Summary Sheets | 第104-106页 |
| Kalay Field Data Summary Sheets | 第106-111页 |
| APPENDIX C BASIC EXPENDITURES (BE) | 第111-112页 |
| APPENDIX D“MARGINAL FAMILY”TAMF AND AHMF | 第112-114页 |
| APPENDIX E TA AND AH (BEFORE AND AFTER) AND HEIF | 第114-115页 |
| APPENDIX F STATISTICAL PARAMETERS | 第115-117页 |
| RESUME | 第117页 |
