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Author : Suihan Yao
Release : 1992
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Atlas of Natural Disasters in China by : Suihan Yao
Download or read book Atlas of Natural Disasters in China written by Suihan Yao. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically expresses the temporal and spatial patterns of natural disasters, the hazard-formative environment, hazard-affected bodies and hazard-formative factors.
Author : Jeff Groman
Release : 2002
Genre : Natural disasters
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 232/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Atlas of Natural Disasters by : Jeff Groman
Download or read book The Atlas of Natural Disasters written by Jeff Groman. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how natural disasters occur and how they shape life on earth.
Author : Peijun Shi
Release : 2016-05-18
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 704/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Natural Disasters in China by : Peijun Shi
Download or read book Natural Disasters in China written by Peijun Shi. This book was released on 2016-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.
Author : Peijun Shi
Release : 2015
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 312/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk by : Peijun Shi
Download or read book World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk written by Peijun Shi. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping for multi-hazard disaster in the world. The above 11 hazards are assessed and mapped at grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and national unit, and the multi-hazard is assessed and mapped at grid unit and national unit. The expected annual mortality and/or affected population risks and expected annual economic loss and/or affected property risk of 11 hazards and multi-hazard of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The atlas can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance, and enterpriser and risk manager as well to understand the global natural disaster risk. Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Roger Kasperson works at Clark University, USA. .
Author : Peijun Shi
Release : 2015-03-11
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 300/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk by : Peijun Shi
Download or read book World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk written by Peijun Shi. This book was released on 2015-03-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping for multi-hazard disaster in the world. The above 11 hazards are assessed and mapped at grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and national unit, and the multi-hazard is assessed and mapped at grid unit and national unit. The expected annual mortality and/or affected population risks and expected annual economic loss and/or affected property risk of 11 hazards and multi-hazard of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The atlas can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance, and enterpriser and risk manager as well to understand the global natural disaster risk. Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Roger Kasperson works at Clark University, USA.
