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Introduction to international disaster management
Introduction to International Disaster Management, Second Edition continues to serve as the sole comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This second edition contains updated information on disaster trends as well as on management structures and advancements around the world. Coppola includes changes that reflect the dual theme of the book: universal principles of global emergen…
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780123821744
- Collation
- xviii, 684 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [TLK-LIB-144]
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…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9784431552413
- Collation
- xi, 284 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
- Series Title
- Disaster risk reduction
- Call Number
- [TLK-LIB-134]
Introduction to international disaster management
Offers practitioners, educators and students with a comprehensive overview of the players, processes and special issues involved in the management of large-scale natural and technological disasters. This book discusses special issues encountered in the management of international disasters.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750679824
- Collation
- xxiii, 547 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 2
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [TIN-LIB-102]
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