Natural disasters: prevention, risk factors, and management

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781622576760

Collation

xiii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series Title

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-143]

Innovative thinking in risk, crisis, and disaster management

Risk is an enduring theme of modern life. It permeates the political, economic and environmental domains. Some risks are unavoidable. Others are not. ''Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management'' provides ideas and action plans for risk, crisis, and disaster management in a risk society, based on late-modern approaches such as technological citizenship; delegated authority; a…

Environmental hazards and disasters: contexts, perspectives and management

Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehens…

Case studies in disaster response and emergency management

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781439883167

Collation

xviii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

ASPA/American Society for Public Administration series in public administration and public policy

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-140]

Earth system processes and disaster management

One of the fundamental goals of earth system science research is to adopt a more holistic view of the earth as a ‘system’ comprising different domains. The Society of Earth Scientists has brought out this multidisciplinary publication to emphasize the need of an integrated approach to understand the Earth system. It focuses on natural disasters and, in particular, on climate change and it…

Climate change and disaster risk management

​There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing …

Geographic information systems (GIS) for disaster management

Provides coverage of the basics of GIS. It examines what GIS can and can't do, GIS data formats (vector, raster, imagery), and basic GIS functions including analysis, map production/cartography, and data modeling. It presents a series of real-life case studies that illustrate the GIS concepts discussed in each chapter. These case studies supply readers with an understanding of the applicability…

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation in practice

This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It presents a number of methods, and tools t…

Mountain hazards and disaster risk reduction

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods, river-line floods, erosion, and wet mass movements during the monsoon period and drought in the non-monsoon period. Against the backdrop of intensifying disas…

Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9789241545419

Collation

xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-133]