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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A synthesis of research on specific hazard issues for natural hazard practitioners and emergency management specialists.
Natural Hazards Informer
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A synthesis of research on specific hazard issues for natural hazard practitioners and emergency management specialists.
New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Disaster Medicine
Author: David E. HoganPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781762625
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Written by more than 30 emergency physicians with first-hand experience handling medical care during disasters, this volume is the only single comprehensive reference on disaster medicine. It provides the information that every emergency department needs to prepare for and handle the challenges of natural and manmade disasters. The contributors present guidelines for assessing the affected population's health care needs, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and treating individuals. Coverage encompasses a wide range of natural, industrial, technologic, transportation-related, and conflict-related disasters, with examples from around the world. This edition has more illustrations and more information on weapons of mass destruction and explosions.
Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding
Author: United States. Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Author: BirkmannPublisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN: 9788179931226
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards presents a broad range of current approaches to measuring vulnerability. It provides a comprehensive overview of different concepts at the global, regional, national, and local levels, and explores various schools of thought. More than 40 distinguished academics and practitioners analyse quantitative and qualitative approaches, and examine their strengths and limitations. This book contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to illustrate the theoretical analyses.The authors provide answers to some of the key questions on how to measure vulnerability and they draw attention to issues with insufficient coverage, such as the environmental and institutional dimensions of vulnerability and methods to combine different methodologies.This book is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment and is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers, practitioners, and anybody else interested in understanding the fundamentals of measuring vulnerability. It is a critical review that provides important conclusions which can serve as an orientation for future research towards more disaster resilient communities.
Grand Canyon National Park (N.P.), Fire Management Plan
Author: Regional Development Dialogue
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Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
An international journal focusing on third world development problems.
Holistic Disaster Recovery
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Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This handbook encourages communities to incorporate as many of the principles of sustainability into the recovery process as possible, including environmental quality, economic vitality, quality of life, social equity, citizen participation and disaster resiliency. The revised edition contains new examples of recovery success stories, and features a special focus on the Hurricane Katrina recovery.
Communicating Environmental Geoscience
Author: David Gordon Earl LivermanPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392601
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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