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Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China, Japan and Beyond.

This volume examines lessons learned in reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan and other countries world-wide. Asia is the most disaster-prone continent. The 2012 data on natural disasters in 28 Asian countries, released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reducti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Awotona, Adenrele A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume examines lessons learned in reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan and other countries world-wide. Asia is the most disaster-prone continent. The 2012 data on natural disasters in 28 Asian countries, released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Belgian-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters on December 11th, 2012 showed that, from 1950 to 2011, nine out of ten people affected by disasters globally were in A ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (467 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9781443861175
1443861170
1443858145
9781443858144
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9781306859066