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[This book] was written to be science-based, drawing on the decades of research about human behavior related to disasters and hazards and the knowledge and technology of natural and physical science ... [It] balances science and practice to give career-oriented students a basis …
This book, intended as part of a curriculum for learning emergency management, looks at the steps of developing emergency and continuity of operations plans and places them in the context of U.S. federal, state and local regulation. It examines certain protective actions, includ…
Guides readers through the steps of developing these plans, offering a number of strategies that will help ensure success. It delves into the patterns of human disaster behavior, social psychology, and communication as well as the basics of generic protective actions, planning c…
"The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdiscipl…
"The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdiscipl…
This volume presents an overview of the main hazards affecting karst, including collapse and subsidence phenomena, hydrological hazards and human-induced geohazards. Consideration is also given to the problems of geohazard management in karst. Aimed at providing the reader with …
Prediction and simulation methods for geohazard mitigation: proceedings of the International Symposium on Pre…
by Oka, Fusao, Kimoto, Sayuri, Murakami, Akira, International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation, Kyoto, Japan), International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation, Kyōto
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