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Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters

Author : M.K. Jha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048124980
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters by : M.K. Jha

Download or read book Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters written by M.K. Jha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmental security. Owing to enhanced natural/anthropogenic disasters worldwide, these challenges become much more complicated and daunting especially for developing countries. Therefore, it is important to highlight the risk of different disasters as well as the modern tools and techniques for minimizing disaster incidence and losses. Disaster management being highly multidisciplinary in nature, a comprehensive book dealing with different aspects of disaster management, and encompassing important disasters faced by humankind is presently not available. This book is an attempt to fulfill this gap. It provides clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about different facets of disaster management along with salient case studies. The book highlights the current status of disaster management focusing on developing nations, discusses vital issues such as climate change and sustainable development, modern approaches and tools/techniques, and the challenges of and future R&D needs for sustainable disaster management.

Dimensions of Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters

Author : Siddhartha Gautam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789381604359
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Dimensions of Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters by : Siddhartha Gautam

Download or read book Dimensions of Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters written by Siddhartha Gautam and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards

Author : Frederic R. Siegel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319388754
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Book Synopsis Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards by : Frederic R. Siegel

Download or read book Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards written by Frederic R. Siegel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases.

Environmental Disasters

Author : Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis Environmental Disasters by : Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev

Download or read book Environmental Disasters written by Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the impacts of environmental disasters on populations and their economic activity increase, the assessment of risk from such catastrophic events becomes more urgent not only for humankind, but also for other living organisms. This book details the problems caused by such environmental disasters and discusses possible mitigation methods, including risk mapping using satellite monitoring data.

Climate Change and Natural Disasters

Author : Vinod Thomas
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412864526
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change and Natural Disasters by : Vinod Thomas

Download or read book Climate Change and Natural Disasters written by Vinod Thomas and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters—the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. What is causing the increase in natural disasters and what effect does it have on the economy? Climate Change and Natural Disasters sends three messages: human-made factors exert a growing influence on climate-related disasters; because of the link to anthropogenic factors, there is a pressing need for climate mitigation; and prevention, including climate adaptation, ought not to be viewed as a cost to economic growth but as an investment. Ultimately, attention to climate-related disasters, arguably the most tangible manifestation of global warming, may help mobilize broader climate action. It can also be instrumental in transitioning to a path of low-carbon, green growth, improving disaster resilience, improving natural resource use, and caring for the urban environment. Vinod Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disaster prevention and controlling climate change into national growth strategies. When considering all types of capital, particularly human capital, climate action can drive economic growth, rather than hinder it.

Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108404154
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by : Mohan Munasinghe

Download or read book Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century written by Mohan Munasinghe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

A Safer Future

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045460
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis A Safer Future by : National Research Council

Download or read book A Safer Future written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.

Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters

Author : Md. Lokman Hossain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters written by Md. Lokman Hossain and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Risk

Author : Piers Blaikie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134528612
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Book Synopsis At Risk by : Piers Blaikie

Download or read book At Risk written by Piers Blaikie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Author : Ramesh Sivanpillai
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128205806
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Book Synopsis Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters by : Ramesh Sivanpillai

Download or read book Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters written by Ramesh Sivanpillai and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth’s biosphere caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes, with important implications for humans. This second edition from Elsevier’s Hazards and Disasters Series incorporates perspectives from the natural and social sciences to offer in-depth coverage of threats from microscopic organisms to celestial objects and their potential impacts. Contributions from expert biological, health, ecological, environmental, wildlife, physical, and health scientists, readers will gain valuable insights on damages, causality, economic impacts, preparedness, and mitigation. Provides inter- and multi-disciplinary research accessible to both specialists and non-specialists Includes newly added chapters on emerging hazards and risks to earth’s ecosystems (land conversion and habitat loss) and human health (spread of diseases) Contains full-color tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes

The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters

Author : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199841934
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters by : Debarati Guha-Sapir

Download or read book The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters written by Debarati Guha-Sapir and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.

Disaster and Human History

Author : Benjamin Reilly
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476688095
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Disaster and Human History by : Benjamin Reilly

Download or read book Disaster and Human History written by Benjamin Reilly and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human history is periodically punctuated by natural disasters, from Vesuvius' eruption to the modern-day Covid-19 pandemic. Volcanoes have buried entire cities, earthquakes have reduced structures to smoldering ruins. Floods and cyclones have wreaked havoc on river valleys and coastlines, and desertification and climate change have weakened society's underpinnings. Death tolls are often escalated by starvation and illness, which frequently occur in tandem. This second edition assesses natural disasters on human society and the effect of strategies developed to reduce their impact. This book addresses the interconnectivity of disaster and human responsibility through 23 updated case studies, including a new chapter on the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami and the ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Nursing Management of Pediatric Disaster

Author : Catherine J. Goodhue
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030434281
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Nursing Management of Pediatric Disaster by : Catherine J. Goodhue

Download or read book Nursing Management of Pediatric Disaster written by Catherine J. Goodhue and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook describes what nurses need to know about pediatric disaster nursing, including public policy, and addresses preparedness for all types of disasters (natural and man-made) and strategies for hospital, school and community preparedness. The book opens with a brief history of disaster nursing and explains the key differences between pediatric and adult disaster nursing. Recent years have been marked by numerous man-made and natural disasters, which have led nurses to seek new resources to be better prepared, in their role as nurses, for all types of disasters. Responding to this lack of resources, the book focuses on the unique needs of babies and children. It is the first and only textbook on pediatric disaster preparedness to include both the physical and psychological effects of disaster. Key aspects covered include: the psychosocial differences in and how to approach children; family reunification; medications, supplies and equipment; and decontamination. Given its breadth of coverage, the book is well suited as a textbook for nursing classes, while also offering a valuable resource for nurses working in the field.

The End

Author : Marq de Villiers
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429934404
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The End written by Marq de Villiers and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the fate of the world as we know it? Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have become the background noise of our culture. Are natural calamities indeed more probable, and more frequent, than they were? Are things getting worse? Are the boundaries between natural and human-caused calamities blurring? Are we part of the problem? If so, what can we do about it? In The End, award-winning writer Marq de Villiers examines these questions at a time when there is an urgent need to understand the perils that confront us, to act in such a way as best we can for the inevitable disasters when they come. We can do nothing about some natural calamities, but about others we can do a great deal. De Villiers helps us understand which is which, and lays out some provocative ideas for mitigating the damage all such calamities can inflict on us and our world. The End is a brilliant and challenging look at what lies ahead, and at what we can do to influence our future.

Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-Ecodynamics

Author : Kirill Ya Kondratyev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354037714X
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-Ecodynamics by : Kirill Ya Kondratyev

Download or read book Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-Ecodynamics written by Kirill Ya Kondratyev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale natural catastrophes are environmental phenomena. Numerous studies in recent years have concluded that the frequency of occurrence of such natural disasters have been incereasing. leading to an enhanced risk of very considerable human and economic losses and the widespread destruction and pollution of habitats, settlements and infrastructure. In 2001 over 650 natural disasters happened around the globe with economic losses exceeding $35 billion. 2004 ended with the South East Asian tsunami on 26th December with its huge toll on life and local economics and this demonstrated that the efffects of such disasters are most keenly felt in poorer or developing regions. The problem of natural disaster prediction and the implementation of environmental monitoring systems to receive, store and process the information necessary for solutions of specific problems in this area , have been analysed by the three authors of this book, all of whom are internationally respected experts in this field.

Geophysical, Climatological and Anthropogenic Hazards and Disaster: Vulnerability, Risk Assessment, and Sustainability

Author : Shankar Karuppannan
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832544649
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Geophysical, Climatological and Anthropogenic Hazards and Disaster: Vulnerability, Risk Assessment, and Sustainability by : Shankar Karuppannan

Download or read book Geophysical, Climatological and Anthropogenic Hazards and Disaster: Vulnerability, Risk Assessment, and Sustainability written by Shankar Karuppannan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays, the whole world faces frequent natural and anthropogenic hazards-from drought to flood to deforestation which impends a large number of people into catastrophic destruction and damage. Since natural hazards cannot be eliminated, quantifying these events and creating reliable forecasts can alleviate their detrimental effects which can help build a more resilient and safe society. This Research Topic will comply with the available knowledge of the multi-hazards in response to monitoring and management and intends to fulfil the gap between science, policy and the community concerned. It also focuses on the use of precision techniques, remote sensing, and GIS technologies for the quantification of various natural and environmental hazards along with the capacity and sustainable mitigation strategies for resilient societies.

Disaster Management and Human Health Risk IV

Author : S.M. Sener
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845649265
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis Disaster Management and Human Health Risk IV by : S.M. Sener

Download or read book Disaster Management and Human Health Risk IV written by S.M. Sener and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-generated, have grown as well. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, and forest fires have all taken their toll so have such anthropogenic disasters as pipeline failures, industrial spills, and terrorist attacks. The contents of this volume consist of papers presented at the fourth in a series of conferences convened to assess the potential risk from various disasters and discuss ways to prevent or mitigate damage. The papers have been contributed by experts on public health, security, and disaster management from academia, industry, and government. Topics covered include Disaster Analysis; Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness; Risk Mitigation; Risk and Security; Safety and Resilience; Socio-economic Issues; Health Risk; Human Factors; Multi-hazard Risk Assessment; Case Studies.