Disaster management and human health risk III: reducing risk, improving outcomes ; [reviewed con…
by Brebbia, C. A., Wessex Institute of Technology, International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health Risk, La Coruña, International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes, A Coruña
fromWIT transactions on the built environment
In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild. "Megaquake: How Japan and the…
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal…
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal…
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal…
Economics of natural disasters
Introduction : "building back better" -- Nagapattinam -- The tsunami of 2004 and Its aftermath -- Artisanal fishers, the state, and an NGO -- The politics of humanitarianism -- NGO antipolitics and politics --The humanitarian gift economy -- Economic development and humanitarian…
"Focusing on Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing world region, Disaster Risk Reduction also illustrates global processes. Together, the three parts provide a one-of-a-kind book packed with original research and offering an innovative way of thinking about the reduction of risk i…
Published with ProVention Consortium UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall Development Studies Institute London School of …
Die von Naturkatastrophen, insbesondere Hochwasser, verursachten Schäden haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten - zum einen auf Grund der gestiegenen Anzahl entsprechender Ereignisse, zum anderen als Folge einer erhöhten Vulnerabilität - stark zugenommen. Daher ist ein verstärktes Eng…
"Calculating Catastrophe has been written to explain, to a general readership, the underlying philosophical ideas and scientific principles that govern catastrophic events, both natural and man-made. Knowledge of the broad range of catastrophes deepens understanding of individua…
Education is the key to risk reduction, be it environmental management or disaster risk reduction, and is a process which needs to be embedded at different levels of management and practices to collectively reduce the risk. While school education forms the foundations of the kno…
Disaster resilience: a national imperative
This book contains papers presented at the second International Conference on Disaster Management held in 2011 in Orlando, Florida following the success of the first meeting held at the Wessex Institute of Technology in the New Forest, UK. Florida is no stranger to the increasin…