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Natural Hazards Informer

Natural Hazards Informer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Disaster relief categories.

A synthesis of research on specific hazard issues for natural hazard practitioners and emergency management specialists.

Natural Hazards Informer Number 3 January 2002

Natural Hazards Informer Number 3 January 2002 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.

Tbe Natural Hazards Informer is published irregularly by the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder. The Informer provides a concise, peer-reviewed synthesis of state-of-the-art research on specific hazard issues. Its purpose is to provide natural hazards practitioners and emergency management specialists knowledge they can use to better prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

Building Back Better

Building Back Better written by Jacquelyn Monday and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Emergency management categories.

Living With Risk

Living With Risk written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Disaster relief categories.

Pre Event Recovery Planning For Land Use In New Zealand

Pre Event Recovery Planning For Land Use In New Zealand written by Julia Becker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Emergency management categories.

written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Humanities categories.

People Fire And Forests

People Fire And Forests written by Terry C. Daniel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Nature categories.

Years of drought and decades of aggressive fire exclusion have left North American forests at high risk for future catastrophic fires. Forest settings are a magnet for recreational opportunities and for rapidly growing residential development--putting an increasing number of citizens and their property into the path of wildfires. Recordsetting wildfires initiated the twentyfirst century and motivated the rise to prominence of wildfire on the political agenda, prompting important and farreaching new public policy initiatives. To be effective, these policies must be informed by science--but that requires more than just improved knowledge about the physical and biological dynamics of fire and forest ecosystems. Social values, socioeconomic factors, demographic trends, institutional arrangements, and human behavior must also be taken into consideration by the agencies and individuals responsible for wildland fire decision making. The first book to integrate the social science literature on the human dimensions of wildfire, People, Fire, and Forests reviews current studies from this broad, interdisciplinary field and synthesizes them into a rich body of knowledge with practical management implications. Chapters in the book highlight principal findings and common threads in the existing research and identify strengths and gaps. They cover such topics as public perception of wildfire risk, acceptability of fire management policies, and community impacts of wildfire. Designed to make relevant social science information more available and useful to wildfire risk managers and policy makers, People, Fire, and Forests is also intended to encourage and guide further research into wildfire. By exploring the theoretical and methodological issues surrounding human interactions with wildfire and describing the practical implications of this research, this volume provides an essential resource for students, scholars, and professionals.

Research Results Digest National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Research Results Digest National Cooperative Highway Research Program written by National Cooperative Highway Research Program and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Highway research categories.

Press Digest

Press Digest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Ethiopia categories.

Measuring Vulnerability To Natural Hazards

Measuring Vulnerability To Natural Hazards written by Jörn Birkmann and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Architecture categories.

"Climate change adaptation", "building resilience" and "vulnerability and risk reduction" are noble words, but do we really know what is meant by these terms and how to assess their respective progress? This book seeks to address these questions. The world has recently experienced disasters of a magnitude rarely seen before: the cascading disaster in Japan, the earthquake in Haiti, and floods in Pakistan and Australia are a few prominent examples. These major disasters underline the fact that many communities and world regions are still vulnerable to extreme events and natural hazards. Additionally, creeping changes, such as sea level rise, are emerging pressures in the context of climate change. These changes are very likely to seriously affect livelihoods in many regions. The dynamic and complex interaction between vulnerable communities, and climate- and non-climate-related, sudden-onset and creeping hazards will most likely increase the risk of crises and disasters in the future. Following the popularity of the first edition, this volume has been completely revised and fully updated. This new edition includes the dimension of adaptation to climate change and new risks resulting from climate change. It combines practical examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe with theoretical and conceptual frameworks. It is key reading for all those interested in improving risk reduction and adaptation strategies to extreme events and gradual changes in the context of climate change and natural hazards."--Publisher's description.