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Author : Israt Rayhan
Release : 2008
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Book Rating : 501/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Assessing Household Vulnerability and Coping Strategies to Floods by : Israt Rayhan
Download or read book Assessing Household Vulnerability and Coping Strategies to Floods written by Israt Rayhan. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Temesgen T. Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler
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Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Assessing household vulnerability to climate change by : Temesgen T. Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler
Download or read book Assessing household vulnerability to climate change written by Temesgen T. Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karmaoui, Ahmed
Release : 2019-07-19
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Rating : 735/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability by : Karmaoui, Ahmed
Download or read book Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability written by Karmaoui, Ahmed. This book was released on 2019-07-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, floods cause an enormous amount of global economic and social damage, impacting transportation systems, water supplies, agriculture, and health. Response management to catastrophic floods require increased measures involving integrated planning, adaptation, and recovery strategies in order to protect against human loss. Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of effective models and tools focused on the diagnosis of vulnerability to flooding risks and evaluates and measures the impact of floods on socio-economic wellbeing. While highlighting topics such as hydrological events, soil erosion, and flood vulnerability, this publication explores methods of identifying appropriate adaptation strategies. This book is ideally designed for researchers, students, academicians, policymakers, government officials, and technology developers seeking current empirical research findings to be used to improve the overall understanding of the flood phenomenon.
Author : Roger Few
Release : 2013
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 359/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Flood Hazards and Health by : Roger Few
Download or read book Flood Hazards and Health written by Roger Few. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flood hazards and the risks they present to human health are an increasing concern across the globe, in terms of lives, well-being and livelihoods, and the public resources needed to plan for, and deal with, the health impacts. This book is the first detailed assessment and discussion of the global health implications of flooding and future flood risk. It combines an analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with analysis of individual and societal response to those risks, and sets these findings in light of potential future increases in flood hazard as a result of climate change. Written and edited by leading researchers and practitioners on flood hazards and human health, the volume brings together findings from epidemiological, environmental, social and institutional studies, with analysis rooted in an approach that emphasizes the developmental as well as environmental causes of flood risk, and the socially differentiated nature of vulnerability and coping capacity. The first part of the book sets out the scope of the issues, and provides a detailed discussion of the global health impacts of floods and the nature of human response to the health risks posed. The second part presents new research evidence on specific health aspects of floods covering mental health, infectious diseases, local level responses and the responses of health systems - drawing on case study material from Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, including the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The conclusion synthesizes insights from the previous chapters and discusses priorities for policy, practice and research. It draws out implications for present and future adaptation to flooding, and emphasizes the need to integrate action on health with the broader agenda of long-term risk reduction. This is indispensable reading for professionals and researchers working on hazard and disaster planning, risk reduction and public health in all countries and contexts.
Author : Ashraf Dewan
Release : 2013-03-01
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 758/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Floods in a Megacity by : Ashraf Dewan
Download or read book Floods in a Megacity written by Ashraf Dewan. This book was released on 2013-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly in urban agglomerations of 10 million people or more, floods could cause widespread devastation, economic damage and loss of life. Assessment of vulnerability and risk from naturally occurring phenomena is therefore imperative in order to achieve urban sustainability. This book uses geospatial techniques to evaluate hazards, risk and vulnerability at a metropolitan scale in a data-scarce country. An empirical study was performed using remote sensing, GIS and census data. This research offers a new approach to mapping population, infrastructures and communities at risk which can greatly contribute to the deeper understanding of flood disasters in a rapidly expanding megacity. Examples shown in this book are from Dhaka Megacity, however, the techniques and methods can easily be implemented in medium to large cities of similar characteristics. The book is essential reading for hazard researchers, geospatial scientists, disaster management professionals, geographers, urban planners, and social scientists. Ashraf M. Dewan is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University, Western Australia (on leave from his substantive position as Associate Professor in the Geography & Environment Department at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh).
