02287nam 2200529 450 991046092870332120200520144314.01-4438-8387-5(CKB)3710000000485911(EBL)4534859(MiAaPQ)EBC4534859(Au-PeEL)EBL4534859(CaPaEBR)ebr11215872(CaONFJC)MIL838956(OCoLC)924632082(EXLCZ)99371000000048591120160622h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEvolving approaches to understanding natural hazards /edited by Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. MontzNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (512 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-7609-7 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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 grouHazard mitigationNatural disastersRisk assessmentNatural disastersMathematical modelsElectronic books.Hazard mitigation.Natural disastersRisk assessment.Natural disastersMathematical models.363.346Montz Burrell E.Tobin Graham A.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460928703321Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards2011384UNINA