Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide

Distills what is known about environmental health during an emergency or disaster. Draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits. The volume is intended for practitioners, as well as for policy makers and researchers, and thus covers both general and technical aspects of environmental h…

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…

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…

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

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Call Number

[TLK-LIB-133]

Planning for disaster: how natural and man-made disasters shape the built env…

by William G. Ramroth, Jr.