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Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards [[electronic resource] ] : towards disaster resilient societies / / edited by Jörn Birkmann
| Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards [[electronic resource] ] : towards disaster resilient societies / / edited by Jörn Birkmann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : United Nations University, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (575 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BirkmannJörn |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Natural disaster warning systems |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4294-5024-X
92-808-7104-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of colour figures; List of acronyms; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Basic principles and theoretical basis; Part II: Vulnerability and environment; Part III: Global, national and sub-national index approaches; Part IV: Local vulnerability assessment; Part V: Institutional vulnerability, coping and lessons learned; List of Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451556603321 |
| New York, : United Nations University, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk and planet earth : natural hazards, vulnerability, integrated adaptation strategies : papers from the Conference "Risk and Planet Earth" on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Leipzig, Germany / / edited by Anne Dolemeyer, Janek Zimmer, Gerd Tetzlaff ; with contributions from Jorn Birkmann [and nine others]
| Risk and planet earth : natural hazards, vulnerability, integrated adaptation strategies : papers from the Conference "Risk and Planet Earth" on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Leipzig, Germany / / edited by Anne Dolemeyer, Janek Zimmer, Gerd Tetzlaff ; with contributions from Jorn Birkmann [and nine others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart : , : Schweizerbart Science Publishers, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.34 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Climatic changes - Risk assessment |
| ISBN | 3-510-65478-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Risk and planet Earth: an introduction / Anne Dölemeyer -- Dealing with climate change and extreme weather events / Irmgard Schwaetzer -- Who?s afraid of planet Earth? / Eduardo F.J. de Mulder -- Future challenges for disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness / Rudolf Seiters -- Five theses on climate change / Nico Stehr -- Changing knowledge about disaster recovery: bridging gaps between research and action in light of Hurricane Katrina and other policy-forcing events / James K. Mitchell -- Global disaster response and reconstruction: stabilization versus destabilization: challenges of the global disaster response to reduce vulnerability and risk following disasters / Jörn Birkmann -- Challenges and opportunities of climate change adaptation in high risk areas using the example of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Matthias Garschagen -- Higher education for disaster risk management in developing countries: experiences of German development cooperation / Ria Hidajat -- The geography of urbanization and the evolution of risk: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / Richard Campanella -- Social vulnerability assessment at county level in Germany concerning river-floods / Alexander Fekete -- Possible changes in flood frequency in an alpine catchment / Christian Dobler -- Estimation of possible damages due to catastrophic flooding for long-term disaster mitigation planning / Saqib Ehsan, Walter Marx, Silke Wieprecht -- Adaptation to flood risks through legal rulemaking: the German Federal Act to Improve Preventive Flood Control (APFC) and the European Flood Risks Directive (FRD) / Wolfgang Köck. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794276303321 |
| Stuttgart : , : Schweizerbart Science Publishers, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk and planet earth : natural hazards, vulnerability, integrated adaptation strategies : papers from the Conference "Risk and Planet Earth" on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Leipzig, Germany / / edited by Anne Dolemeyer, Janek Zimmer, Gerd Tetzlaff ; with contributions from Jorn Birkmann [and nine others]
| Risk and planet earth : natural hazards, vulnerability, integrated adaptation strategies : papers from the Conference "Risk and Planet Earth" on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Leipzig, Germany / / edited by Anne Dolemeyer, Janek Zimmer, Gerd Tetzlaff ; with contributions from Jorn Birkmann [and nine others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart : , : Schweizerbart Science Publishers, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.34 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Climatic changes - Risk assessment |
| ISBN | 3-510-65478-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Risk and planet Earth: an introduction / Anne Dölemeyer -- Dealing with climate change and extreme weather events / Irmgard Schwaetzer -- Who?s afraid of planet Earth? / Eduardo F.J. de Mulder -- Future challenges for disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness / Rudolf Seiters -- Five theses on climate change / Nico Stehr -- Changing knowledge about disaster recovery: bridging gaps between research and action in light of Hurricane Katrina and other policy-forcing events / James K. Mitchell -- Global disaster response and reconstruction: stabilization versus destabilization: challenges of the global disaster response to reduce vulnerability and risk following disasters / Jörn Birkmann -- Challenges and opportunities of climate change adaptation in high risk areas using the example of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Matthias Garschagen -- Higher education for disaster risk management in developing countries: experiences of German development cooperation / Ria Hidajat -- The geography of urbanization and the evolution of risk: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / Richard Campanella -- Social vulnerability assessment at county level in Germany concerning river-floods / Alexander Fekete -- Possible changes in flood frequency in an alpine catchment / Christian Dobler -- Estimation of possible damages due to catastrophic flooding for long-term disaster mitigation planning / Saqib Ehsan, Walter Marx, Silke Wieprecht -- Adaptation to flood risks through legal rulemaking: the German Federal Act to Improve Preventive Flood Control (APFC) and the European Flood Risks Directive (FRD) / Wolfgang Köck. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814216503321 |
| Stuttgart : , : Schweizerbart Science Publishers, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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