Navigating natural hazards in mountainous topographies : exploring the challenges and opportunities of living / / Gowhar Meraj, Shizuka Hashimoto, Pankaj Kumar, editors
| Navigating natural hazards in mountainous topographies : exploring the challenges and opportunities of living / / Gowhar Meraj, Shizuka Hashimoto, Pankaj Kumar, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages): illustrations (some color), maps |
| Disciplina | 368.382800983 |
| Collana | Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices |
| Soggetto topico |
Emergency management
Hazard mitigation Earth movements Natural disasters Geomorphology Physical geography Environmental geography Natural Hazards Physical Geography Integrated Geography |
| ISBN | 9783031658624 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundations and frontiers of natural hazard management in mountainous regions / Gowhar Meraj, Shizuka Hashimoto, and Pankaj Kumar -- ; Part I: Understanding the hazards [:]geospatial and geological insights -- Groundwater and its impact on landslides along Himalayan regions: a review / Ajit Kumar Behera, Rudra Mohan Pradhan, Amulya Ratna Roul, and Pankaj Kumar -- Geospatial modelling of seismic vulnerability using entropy-AHP: a case study of the Himalayas / Sukanta Malakar, Abishek K. Rai, Mohd Sayeed Ul Hasan, and Vijay K. Kannaujiya -- Modeling landslides using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geospatial techniques to mitigate hazard risks in the high mountain Himalayan landscapes of Sikkim and Darjeeling, India / Arpana Handique, Praduyt Dey, and Santanu Kumar Patnaik -- ; Part II: Understanding the hazards: case studies on recent disasters and their impact -- Housing lessons post-2022 Afghanistan earthquake / S. Kast, A. Singh, K. Meeguro, and H. K. Miyamoto -- The damage and reconstruction challenges in mountainous areas from the 2020 Kyushu floods in Japan / Yu Shibata -- Cases of damage caused by mountain hazards that occurred in Japan from 2014 to 2022 / Hiromi Akita -- Landslides information by geological environment in mountain hazards in Japan / Hiromi Akita -- ; Part III: Approaches o mitigation and management: leveraging technology and knowledge -- Wide-area extraction method for sediment runoff range after mountain disasters in Japan / Hiromi Akita -- Harnessing local and Indigenous knowledge for effective geo-hazard mitigation and management in Oke Imesi Ekiti, Nigeria / P. O. Falae, R. K. Dash, O. Y. Ogundipe, and O. O. Owoseni -- A comprehensive guide to stopping another flood calamity using geology and GIS applications: case study Pakistan / Syed Haroon Ali, Qaisar Abbas, Ali Raza, Shahid Ali, Naveed Rehman, Shah Ahsan Mehdi Ata, and Noureen Shoukat -- Assessment of landslide susceptibility along Mughal Road in the NW Himalayan Region using the relative effect method / Subiaya Bashir, T. Ramkumar, and Imtiyaz A. Malik -- ; Part IV: Approaches to mitigation and management: environmental and social considerations -- Community and artificial intelligence-enabled disaster management and preparedness / Wasswa Shafik -- Remote sensing of 'ghost villages': the challenge of rural migration in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand, India / Sarvjeet Kumar and Prakhar Misra -- Adventure in high altitude of mountainous topographies and health impacts: lensing tourism sustainability via reducing ecological and sociocultural footprint and health emergency and medical assistance management / Bhupinder Singh and Christian Kaunert -- Resilience and recovery--utilizing the Japan assessment of disaster risks and ecosystem services (J-ADRES) tool to address land use and infrastructure challenges in Japan / Huang Wanhui, Gowhar Meraj, and Shizuka Hashimoto |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910881093203321 |
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Sustainable Solutions for Urban Water Security : Innovative Studies / / by Binaya Kumar Mishra, Shamik Chakraborty, Pankaj Kumar, Chitresh Saraswat
| Sustainable Solutions for Urban Water Security : Innovative Studies / / by Binaya Kumar Mishra, Shamik Chakraborty, Pankaj Kumar, Chitresh Saraswat |
| Autore | Mishra Binaya Kumar |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 182 p. 61 illus., 56 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 363.61091732 |
| Collana | Water Science and Technology Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainability
Water Hydrology Environmental management Environmental Management |
| ISBN | 3-030-53110-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Executive Summary -- Key Messages -- Part 1: Urban Water Security in Changing Context -- Chapter 1: Urban Water Security -- Chapter 2: Challenges to Urban Water Security -- Chapter 3: Urban Water Governance -- Part 2: Portfolio of Sustainable Solutions to Address Water Security -- Chapter 4: Water Demand Management -- Chapter 5: Quality Related Solutions -- Chapter 6: Landscape Based Approach to Water Security -- Chapter 7: Urban Storm Water Management -- Chapter 8: Soft Measures in Water Security -- Part 3: Innovation to Achieve Water Security -- Chapter 9: Potential of Innovations in Water Sector -- Chapter 10: Discussion and Policy Recommendation -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgement -- Glossary -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910416127703321 |
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