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Natural Disasters And Their Mitigation

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Natural Disasters And Their Mitigation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Emergency management categories.

Contributed papers presented at a workshop organized by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing at Dehra Dun, India, Oct. 1999.

International Perspectives On Natural Disasters Occurrence Mitigation And Consequences

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Author : Joseph P. Stoltman
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-03-11

International Perspectives On Natural Disasters Occurrence Mitigation And Consequences written by Joseph P. Stoltman and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-11 with Science categories.

Reports of natural disasters fill the media with regularity. Places in the world are affected by natural disaster events every day. Such events include earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, wildfires – the list could go on for considerable length. In the 1990s there was a concentrated focus on natural disaster information and mitigation during the International Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction (IDNDR). The information was technical and provided the basis for major initiatives in building structures designed for seismic safety, slope stability, severe storm warning systems, and global monitoring and reporting. Mitigation, or planning in the event that natural hazards prevalent in a region would suddenly become natural disasters, was a major goal of the decade-long program. During the IDNDR, this book was conceptualized, and planning for its completion began. The editors saw the need for a book that would reach a broad range of readers who were not actively or directly engaged in natural disasters relief or mitigation planning, but who were in decision-making positions that provided an open window for addressing natural disaster issues. Those people were largely elected public officials, teachers, non-governmental organization staff, and staff of faith-based organizations. Those people, for the most part, come to know very well the human and physical characteristics of the place in which they are based. With that local outreach in mind, the editors intended the book to encourage readers to: 1.

Disaster Mitigation

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Author : PARDEEP SAHNI
language : en
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Release Date : 2001-01-01

Disaster Mitigation written by PARDEEP SAHNI and has been published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Social Science categories.

Human vulnerability to natural disasters is an age-old phenomenon. Besides nature~s wrath, human interventions, too, have led to many calamities in the recent past. The heedless pace of development has left us ecologically barren. Most of the world~s people live in ~developing~ economies, as do most of the world~s poor. They also face the most debilitating consequences in the form of economic and social disruption caused by disasters. The long history of disasters and their intensity has brought the question of disaster management to the forefront. Disaster mitigation is a major component of a disaster management plan. Mitigation entails measures to reduce the physical, economic and social vulnerability of a community to disasters. Disaster management is still an untouched domain, suffering for want of systematic and committed research and development inputs. It is essential not only to consolidate its academic stature but also to infuse the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes in the personnel connected with this field. This collection of articles from several contributors is an excellent analysis of different mitigation strategies. It offers insight into the different dimensions of disaster preparedness and mitigation. The underlying attempt in each chapter is to illuminate the pertinence of those mitigation efforts that would prepare everyone related with disaster management to comprehend and approach the problem more holistically. Besides government agencies, NGOs, and community-based bodies, the book is suitable for students pursuing the certificate programme in Disaster Management developed by the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

Mitigation Of Natural Hazards And Disasters

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Author : C. Emdad Haque
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-02-23

Mitigation Of Natural Hazards And Disasters written by C. Emdad Haque and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.

For these and other reasons the ?ndings reported in this volume will be of large signi?cance as future policy decisions are made in a wide variety of natural and social environments. GILBERT F. WHITE Professor Emeritus Geography and Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado, Colorado, USA [2] C Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2005) 10: 335–353 Springer 2005 ADAPTATION OPTIONS STRATEGIES FOR HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITY MITIGATION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 1,? 2 C. EMDAD HAQUE and IAN BURTON 1 Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2 Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ? ( Author for correspondense: Tel: 204-474-8375; Fax: 204-261-0038; E-mail: haquece@ms. umanitoba. ca) (Received 15 May 2004; accepted in ?nal form 17 July 2004) Abstract. The broad objective of this special issue of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change is to address some of the gaps in our knowledge and understanding of the policies, programs, and measures that might be applied to natural hazards and their impacts in an era of climate change. Given the global impacts of climate change and world-wide pattern of increasing losses from natural hazards we necessarily adopt an international perspective. The speci?c goals of the special issue are to: (a) encompass experiential aspects, emphasizing current practice of mitigation and its associated measures, and their results; and (b) explore primary or root causes of alarming shifts in human and economic costs of environmental extremes.

Natural Disaster Reduction

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Author : Girish Kumar Misra
language : en
Publisher: Reliance Publishing House
Release Date : 1993

Natural Disaster Reduction written by Girish Kumar Misra and has been published by Reliance Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Disasters categories.

Several parts of India are vulnerable to natural disasters of one kind or the other, like flood, heavy rainfall, cyclone, strong wind, earthquake, avalanche, landslide, fire, volcanic erruption, etc. However, due to advances in science and technology, the phenomenon of occurrence of natural disasters and their characteristics as well as the nature of damage and destruction caused, it is now possible to determine these more precisely. As a result, occurrence of natural disasters, identifying locations of possible damage and destruction can be forecasted with a greater degree of accuracy. Availability of such crucial information in advance can greatly help in avoiding or minimising loss of life and property. Therefore, armed with this information, today, we are required to cope with natural disaster through taking effective measures that are necessary for prevention and mitigation of losses and sufferings. Papers authored by eminent specialists, who have considerable experience of dealing with natural disasters, have been included in this volume. Indicating measures that have been devised to mitigate natural disasters as well as suggestions for further work, these papers cover a wide range of subjects having technological, economic and social ramifications. It is expected that the contents of this volume would be found useful by all concerned with mitigation of, preparedness for, and management of natural disasters. Needless to emphasise that much more material needs to be presented on its different aspects to help avert the tragedies that are caused by natural disasters.

Mitigating Natural Disasters

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Author : Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

Mitigating Natural Disasters written by Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nature categories.

Natural Disaster Mitigation

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Author : InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Natural Disaster Mitigation written by InterAcademy Panel on International Issues and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Natural disasters categories.

Management Of Natural Disasters

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Author : S. Syngellakis
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2016-12-12

Management Of Natural Disasters written by S. Syngellakis and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-12 with Nature categories.

Comprising a selection of articles dedicated to disaster management this volume focuses on the challenges arising from extreme natural phenomena and descriptions of methods for assessing their occurrence probability and of measures for mitigating their intensity and detrimental effects. The first group of articles describes general strategies for risk assessment and mitigation, providing examples in the context of various kinds of natural disasters. The economic impact of mitigation measures, communities’ differing coping capabilities, human attitudes towards relocation and possible links to climate change are among the topics considered. Natural strategies are outlined in the contexts of Turkey, Brazil and United Arab Emirates. The second part of the book is concerned with disasters from specific natural causes starting with a group of ten articles on floods. The corresponding contributions address flood frequency, vulnerability and resilience of communities, response of small and medium enterprises, risk in terms of financial losses, private investment participation to mitigation measures, assessment of design solutions against flood hazard, sleeper dykes as a means of reducing risk, preparedness of hospitals, causes of highway flooding and their relative importance, and impact of floods on poor communities. The third set of articles are related to earthquake-related hazards describing, in particular, an analysis tool providing integrated risk, coping capacity and management output, a method for assessing vulnerability considering key contributing factors, a technique for urban aftershock management and damage assessment, and neural network modelling to estimate tsunami damage. Finally, a group of three articles address issues related to landslides, namely, slope management as a means of reducing risk and losses, early warning based on rainfall data, and hazard prediction using favourability function modelling and spatial target mapping software. Providing a unique global perspective this volume focuses on recent developments over a wide range of topics that cannot be found in similar, currently available, publications in this field. This is a valuable addition to the relevant literature available to researchers and engineers working on risk assessment and mitigation of natural disaster intensity and consequences. It will appeal of those working in academic and research environments as well as governmental, professional, national and international organisations.

Introduction To Natural And Man Made Disasters And Their Effects On Buildings

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Author : Roxanna McDonald
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-06-01

Introduction To Natural And Man Made Disasters And Their Effects On Buildings written by Roxanna McDonald and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Architecture categories.

This is a comprehensive guide to all types of natural and man made disasters and their effect on buildings. It gives overall guidance and a basic technical understanding of prevention, mitigation and management of disaster, and outlines a checklist of preventive design elements for each situation. Every category is illustrated with a case study which pin points the essential information that is crucial to architects and engineers in designing buildings with disaster prevention in mind. The aim of the book is to give a clear understanding of the nature of events and problems, and to enable readers to respond with knowledge to the unique demands placed on their designs. A special emphasis is also placed on re-building as an opportunity to start again. For the specialists this is a process of constant learning and improving techniques in the light of events past.

Final Report Second U S Asia Conference On Engineering For Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage 22 26 June 1992 Yogyakarta Indonesia

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Final Report Second U S Asia Conference On Engineering For Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage 22 26 June 1992 Yogyakarta Indonesia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Environmental engineering categories.