Techniques for disaster risk management and mitigation /

Recent years have seen a surge in the number, frequency, and severity of natural disasters, with further increases expected as the climate continues to change. However, advanced computational and geospatial technologies have enabled the development of sophisticated early warning systems and techniqu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Srivastava, Prashant K., Singh, Sudhir Kumar, Mohanty, U. C., Murty, T. S. (Tadepalli Satyanarayana), 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2020.
Temas:
Emergency management.
Emergency management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • PREFACE
  • Section I Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Concepts and Methodologies of Environmental Hazards and Disasters
  • 1.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.2. HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE
  • 1.3. BIOPHYSICAL HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE
  • 1.4. SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Solutions in the Hilly State of Mizoram, Northeast India
  • 2.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2. TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR LANDSLIDE PREVENTION
  • 2.3. BAMBOO-BASED HOUSING IN EARTHQUAKE PRONE ZONE
  • 2.4. COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS TO COMBAT FOREST FIRES
  • 2.5. LOCAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS IN MIZORAM
  • 2.6. CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 Urban Risk and Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards: A Perspective from Million-Plus Cities on the Indian Subcontinent
  • 3.1. BACKGROUND
  • 3.2. URBAN SYSTEM IN CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
  • 3.3. URBAN HAZARDS AND RISK
  • 3.4. URBAN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION
  • 3.5. CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4 The Contribution of Earth Observation in Disaster Prediction, Management, and Mitigation: A Holistic View
  • 4.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2. EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREDICTION
  • 4.3. EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) FOR NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION
  • 4.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Section II Atmospheric Hazards and Disasters
  • Chapter 5 Tropical Cyclones Over the North Indian Ocean in Changing Climate
  • 5.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
  • 5.3. RESULT AND ANALYSIS
  • 5.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTs
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6 Simulation of Intensity and Track of Tropical Cyclones Over the Arabian Sea Using the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Modeling System: with Different Initial Conditions (ICs)
  • 6.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2. SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL CYCLONES
  • 6.3. DESCRIPTION OF THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODEL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • 6.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 6.5. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7 Development of a Soft Computing Model from the Reanalyzed Atmospheric Data to Detect Severe Weather Conditions
  • 7.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2. METHODOLOGY
  • 7.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 7.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8 Lightning, the Global Electric Circuit, and Climate
  • 8.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 8.2. LIGHTNING DISCHARGES
  • 8.3. LIGHTNING DISCHARGES AND THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
  • 8.4. ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES AND CLIMATE
  • 8.5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 9 An Exploration of the Panther Mountain Crater Impact Using Spatial Data and GIS Spatial Correlation Analysis Techniques
  • 9.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2. MATERIALS
  • 9.3. METHODOLOGY
  • 9.4. RESULTS

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