Extreme natural hazards, disaster risks and societal implications / edited by Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, Andrzej Kijko, University of Pretoria Natural Hazard Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, Ilya Zaliapin, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
"This book presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science methodologies. Bringing together leading scientists, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, it presents the risks of global hazards such...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Special publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics series.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| Summary: | "This book presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science methodologies. Bringing together leading scientists, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, it presents the risks of global hazards such as volcanoes, seismic events, landslides, hurricanes, precipitation floods and space weather, and provides real-world hazard case studies from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region. Avoiding complex mathematics, the authors provide insight into topics such as the vulnerability of society, disaster risk reduction policy, relations between disaster policy and climate change, adaptation to hazards, and (re)insurance approaches to extreme events. This is a key resource for academic researchers and graduate students in a wide range of disciplines linked to hazard and risk studies, including geophysics, volcanology, hydrology, atmospheric science, geomorphology, oceanography and remote sensing, and for professionals and policy makers working in disaster prevention and mitigation"- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 402 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1107033861 9781107033863 1139523902 9781139523905 1139904698 9781139904698 1139910493 9781139910491 1139918346 9781139918343 1139922238 9781139922234 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781139523905 |