Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards / / edited by Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz
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Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards / / edited by Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.346 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hazard mitigation |
| Natural disasters - Risk assessment | |
| Natural disasters - Mathematical models | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MontzBurrell E. |
| TobinGraham A. | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-8387-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460928703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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