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Author : Hideki Kaji
Release : 1994
Genre : Emergency management
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies, 24 May 1994 by : Hideki Kaji
Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies, 24 May 1994 written by Hideki Kaji. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Monte Smith
Release : 1995-11
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies by : Monte Smith
Download or read book The Effects of Disasters on Modern Societies written by Monte Smith. This book was released on 1995-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers natural disaster risk in modern societies and policies for natural disaster reduction in modern societies. Topics include: disaster management in metropolitan areas, urban environmental degradation and vulnerability to disasters, use of mobile satellite communications in disaster management mitigation, application of satellite remote sensing for natural disaster reduction in developing countries, role of non-life insurance in disaster management systems, and much more. Photos, charts and tables.
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Release : 1994
Genre : Disaster relief
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Book Synopsis Technical Committee Session C by :
Download or read book Technical Committee Session C written by . This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Release : 2013-05-23
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 934/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters by : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Download or read book The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters written by Debarati Guha-Sapir. This book was released on 2013-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.
Author : Piers Blaikie
Release : 2014-01-21
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis At Risk by : Piers Blaikie
Download or read book At Risk written by Piers Blaikie. This book was released on 2014-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
