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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460928703321

Titolo

Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards / / edited by Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Disciplina

363.346

Soggetti

Hazard mitigation

Natural disasters - Risk assessment

Natural disasters - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The 21st century presents many challenges to the hazard manager; dynamic climatic conditions combined with population growth, rapid urbanization, and changing socio-economic relationships are reshaping disaster impacts, community responses, and social safety mechanisms. Indeed, human vulnerability is constantly restructured by the ongoing interplay of physical, social, economic, and political forces. At the same time, reducing vulnerability and enhancing community resilience require policies aimed at mitigating the consequences of disasters as they affect different locations and different grou



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910482056003321

Autore

Thou Jacques-Auguste de <1553-1617.>

Titolo

Poematium, in quo argutias quorundam importunorum criticorum in ipsius historias propalatas refellit. Jacobus Augustus Thuanus Opera atque studio I. Melanchthonis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Daniel Elzevir, 1626-1680, 1678

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (12°)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland.