Mitigation Of Dangers From Natural And Anthropogenic Hazards

Author : Frederic R. Siegel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319388754
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards written by Frederic R. Siegel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases.

Author : M.K. Jha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048124980
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters written by M.K. Jha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmental security. Owing to enhanced natural/anthropogenic disasters worldwide, these challenges become much more complicated and daunting especially for developing countries. Therefore, it is important to highlight the risk of different disasters as well as the modern tools and techniques for minimizing disaster incidence and losses. Disaster management being highly multidisciplinary in nature, a comprehensive book dealing with different aspects of disaster management, and encompassing important disasters faced by humankind is presently not available. This book is an attempt to fulfill this gap. It provides clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about different facets of disaster management along with salient case studies. The book highlights the current status of disaster management focusing on developing nations, discusses vital issues such as climate change and sustainable development, modern approaches and tools/techniques, and the challenges of and future R&D needs for sustainable disaster management.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045460
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Safer Future written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.

Author : C. Emdad Haque
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402031120
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters written by C. Emdad Haque and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-11-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners in natural hazards reduction and policy makers in climatic change and natural hazards management

Author : Dennis Mileti
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132665
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disasters by Design written by Dennis Mileti and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-05-18 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters by Design provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United States that would result in disaster-resilient communities, higher environmental quality, inter- and intragenerational equity, economic sustainability, and improved quality of life. This volume provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation, how research findings have been translated into policies and programs; and a sustainable hazard mitigation research agenda. Also provided is an examination of past disaster losses and hazards management over the past 20 years, including factorsâ€"demographic, climate, socialâ€"that influence loss. This volume summarizes and sets the stage for the more detailed books in the series.

Author : C. Emdad Haque
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 140204514X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters written by C. Emdad Haque and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners in natural hazards reduction and policy makers in climatic change and natural hazards management

Author : John Pine
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420070401
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Hazards Analysis written by John Pine and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizes Resilient Policies, Rather Than Rigid PhilosophyEconomic and environmental consequences of natural and man-made disasters have grown exponentially during the past few decades. Whether from hurricanes, chemical spills, terrorist incidents, or other catastrophes, the negative impacts can often be felt on a global scale. Natural Hazards Ana

Author : Bimal Kanti Paul
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470660015
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Hazards and Disasters written by Bimal Kanti Paul and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretations for why natural disasters occur. In such interpretations they often either blame others, in order to conceal their inability to protect themselves, or they blame themselves, attributing the events to either real or imagined misdeeds. The book contains a chapter devoted to the neglected topic of such reactions and explanations. Includes chapters on key topics such as the application of GIS in hazard studies; resiliency; disasters and poverty; climate change and sustainability and development. This book is designed as a primary text for an interdisciplinary course on hazards for upper-level undergraduate and Graduate students. Although not targeted for an introductory hazards course, students in such a course may find it very useful as well. Additionally, emergency managers, planners, and both public and private organizations involved in disaster response, and mitigation could benefit from this book along with hazard researchers. It not only includes traditional and popular hazard topics (e.g., disaster cycles, disaster relief, and risk and vulnerability), it also includes neglected topics, such as the positive impacts of disasters, disaster myths and different accounts of disasters, and disasters and gender.

Author : Keith Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415224642
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Hazards written by Keith Smith and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.

Author : Guðmundur Halldórsson
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289350849
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecosystem Restoration for Mitigation of Natural Disasters written by Guðmundur Halldórsson and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nordic network ERMOND, Ecosystem Resilience for Mitigation of Natural Disasters, reviewed information on natural hazards and ecosystem conditions in the Nordic countries. Many natural hazards put pressure on Nordic societies, primarily floods, landslides, storms, snow avalanches and volcanic activity. Intensified land use and predicted climate change are likely to increase the impacts of natural hazards in the future. Ecosystems in good condition have the ability to reduce the impacts of natural hazards. Our study showed, however, that degradation of natural habitats in the Nordic countries may have reduced or even seriously damaged this ability. Nordic disaster risk reduction policies and strategies should recognize this situation and place restoration of degraded ecosystems on the agenda as an integrated part of future disaster risk reduction management in the Nordic countries.