Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wisner, Ben
Otros Autores: Gaillard, J. C., Kelman, Ilan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Natural disasters > Risk assessment > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Hazard mitigation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Emergency management > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Catastrophes naturelles > Évaluation du risque > Guides, manuels, etc.
Catastrophes > Réduction > Guides, manuels, etc.
Emergency management
Hazard mitigation
Natural disasters > Risk assessment
Handbooks and manuals
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental.
Notas:37. Elderly people and disaster: Ehren B. Ngo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (876 pages)
ISBN:9780203844236
0203844238

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