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Japan and natural disasters : prevention and risk management /
Japan is one of those countries most often affected by powerful natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, heavy rains, heavy snowfall, tornadoes, etc. The Archipelago is considered a very advanced country in terms of forecasting, prevention and management of natural disas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Hoboken, NJ :
ISTE Ltd ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2018.
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| Colección: | Earth system -- environmental sciences.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Hazards, Risks and Disasters; 1. From Hazard to Disaster; 1.1. Hazard, vulnerability and risk; 1.2. Disaster; 2. Earth and Fire; 2.1. Earthquakes; 2.1.1. Japan, principal seismic country; 2.1.2. The effects of earthquakes; 2.2. Volcanoes; 2.2.1. Japan, principal volcanic country; 2.2.2. Volcanic risks; 2.2.3. The benefits of volcanoes; 3. Air and Water; 3.1. Strong winds; 3.1.1. Typhoons, spring winds and tornados; 3.1.2. Risks related to wind; 3.1.3. The benefits of wind.
- 3.2. Rainfall and snowfall3.2.1. Intense rains and flood risk; 3.2.2. Snow; 3.3. Heat waves; 3.3.1. The heat island phenomenon; 3.3.2. Damage related to heat; Part 2. Risk Management; 4. Disaster Prevention; 4.1. Concepts related to disaster prevention; 4.2. Laws, plans and budgets; 4.3. Business continuity plans; 5. Risk Mitigation; 5.1. Hazard-proof buildings and residences; 5.1.1. In modern Japan; 5.1.2. The present day; 5.2. Securing critical infrastructure; 5.2.1. A predominantly overhead electrical grid; 5.2.2. The gas distribution network.
- 5.2.3. A water distribution system that is difficult to replace5.2.4. Securing shinkansen high-speed lines; 5.3. The battle against fires; 5.3.1. A variable risk; 5.3.2. Tokyo: a giant tinderbox; 5.3.3. Taking into account the risk of factory fires; 5.4. The fight against flooding; 5.4.1. The fight against coastal flooding; 5.4.2. The fight against flood rains; 5.5. The fight against mass movements; 5.6. The fight against heat islands; 5.7. The safety of nuclear power plants; 5.7.1. Establishing new regulations; 5.7.2. Confronting volcanic eruptions.
- 5.7.3. Facing earthquake shocks and tsunamis5.7.4. Facing heavy rains; 6. Disaster Preparedness; 6.1. Prevention maps and signage; 6.2. Protection measures and storage; 6.3. Training, exercises and commemorations; 6.3.1. School education on disaster prevention; 6.3.2. Education on disaster prevention for everyone; 6.3.3. Commemorations; 6.4. Risk awareness; 6.4.1. Among Japanese people; 6.4.2. Among foreigners; 7. Prediction, Monitoring, Warning and Preventive Evacuation; 7.1. Long-term forecasting; 7.1.1. Forecasting earthquakes: an impossible dream?; 7.1.2. Eruptions: limited forecasting.
- 7.1.3. The long-term forecasting of meteorological phenomena7.2. Monitoring and short-term forecasting; 7.2.1. Meteorological monitoring and forecasting; 7.2.2. Monitoring waterways; 7.2.3. Monitoring mass movements; 7.2.4. The detection of seismic and tsunami waves; 7.2.5. Monitoring volcanic activity; 7.3. Warnings; 7.3.1. Earthquake warnings; 7.3.2. Tsunami warnings; 7.3.3. Warning in case of volcanic eruption; 7.3.4. Warnings in case of meteorological phenomena; 7.3.5. The new emergency warning system; 7.4. Preventive evacuation; 7.4.1. Before a violent earthquake.