The Disaster Resiliency Challenge

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The Disaster Resiliency Challenge

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Author : James Bohland
language : en
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Release Date : 2018-08-27

The Disaster Resiliency Challenge written by James Bohland and has been published by Charles C Thomas Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-27 with Social Science categories.

Resilience as a concept has become embedded in public policy discourse within countries across the world in a wide range of contexts--planning, education, emergency management, and supply chains. The goal of this book is to assist future community leaders and professionals with the subsystem components and the actions that must be taken to insure community resilience, and to alert them to the potential pitfalls when adapting their community to the challenges that continually change. The development of trust among and between diverse members of communities and the political and economic leaders is essential if our views of how to build resilience are to change. The book is divided into five sections. The first section explores the challenges of transformational change, building community resilience with alternative frameworks, and resilience in time and space with lessons from ecology. Section II covers the building of hazard resilient communities through technology, microscale disaster and local resilience, the building of resilient cities by harnessing the power of urban analytics. and the failure to describe and communicate the possible future climate change scenarios. Section III examines challenges for urban theory when conceptualizing financial resilience, the role of social capital in community disaster resilience, the challenges of citizen engagement and resilience in the Dutch disaster management, and the rationalities of extraction and resilience of fossil-fueling vulnerability in an age of extreme energy. Section IV explores shifting from risks to consequences when building resilience to mega-hazards, resilience and small island nations, the sea level rise, demographics and rural resilience on Maryland’s Eastern shore, and the epicenter of community resilience in the California’s San Francisco Bay Area. Section V discusses observations and challenges on building community resilience in the twenty-first century. This highly informative and indispensable volume will be meaningful for future community leaders, citizens, stakeholders, government officials, emergency management, and crisis interveners.

Enhancing The Disaster Resilience Of Cities Within The East African Community

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Author : B W Namano
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-01-14

Enhancing The Disaster Resilience Of Cities Within The East African Community written by B W Namano and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-14 with Science categories.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Demographics, Urban Management, Planning, University College London, language: English, abstract: This research seeks to enhance the disaster resilience of cities within the EAC by: (a) developing a data base of acute disasters that are common and likely to occur in cities within the EAC, (b) measuring the resilience of major cities within the EAC to these disasters, and (c) developing a framework for enhancing their resilience to potential hazards. It is important to conduct this study now because the present and projected demographic and geographic changes point to a future of continued: (a) rapid urbanization in developing countries – like the EAC - and (b) escalation in the number of urban disasters. Document review and descriptive research will be used in the study with a sample size of 104 participants being selected from the cities of Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, and Mombasa. The collected data will be tested for inter-rater reliability, triangulated and instruments checked for content validity. Both measures of central tendency and measures of variability about the mean will be performed on the collected data.

Science

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Author : John Michels (Journalist)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Science categories.

A weekly record of scientific progress.

Renewable Resources Journal

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Renewable Resources Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Natural resources categories.

Know Risk

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Author : International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
language : en
Publisher: Un-Habitat
Release Date : 2005

Know Risk written by International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and has been published by Un-Habitat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.

Presented to mark the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan in January 2005, this publication considers developments in disaster risk reduction strategies developed over the past decade, drawing on the findings of the Yokohama review as well as examples of good practice at international, national and local levels. It has been produced through an innovative public-private partnership between the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and a commercial publisher Tudor Rose. Topics covered include: concepts of hazard, vulnerability and risk; environmental and sustainable development issues; risk identification and assessment; natural disaster preparedness and contingency planning; governance and institutional policies; knowledge development and information sharing; and risk management in relation to specific habitats.

Integrating Environmental Sustainability And Disaster Resilience In Building Codes

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2012

Integrating Environmental Sustainability And Disaster Resilience In Building Codes written by and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architecture categories.

The publication reports on a project carried out by ESCAP in partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology on building codes in the Asia-Pacific region. It presents the conclusions of an analysis on current status of integration of environmental sustainability and disaster resilience in building codes. It also summarizes the findings of documenting six good practices of enforcing greener and more resilient buildings. It concludes with recommendations.

Educators Leading The Challenge To Alleviate School Violence

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Author : Rose M. Duhon-Sells
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 2003

Educators Leading The Challenge To Alleviate School Violence written by Rose M. Duhon-Sells and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Education categories.

The book attempts to improve the understanding that major challenges confront the proponents of excellence in our schools and that vestige of school violence, lack of understanding of cultural differences and diversity and the special need for unity are necessary to overcome in teaching techniques for educators, parents, students.

The Challenges Of Climate Change

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Author : UNICEF. Office of Research
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2014

The Challenges Of Climate Change written by UNICEF. Office of Research and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Political Science categories.

Children and young people represent 30 per cent of the world's population. Not only do they represent the largest group of people currently affected by climate change, but they are also more vulnerable than adults to its harmful effects. Children and young people also constitute the generation that will be required to deal with the future impacts of climate change and that will have to deliver the very deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that will be essential in the coming decades. This book is an attempt to redress the balance. It brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children's rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow.

Facing Tomorrow S Challenges

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Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher: Geological Survey (USGS)
Release Date : 2007

Facing Tomorrow S Challenges written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and has been published by Geological Survey (USGS) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Science categories.

Global Legal Challenges

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Author : Michael D. Carsten
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2007

Global Legal Challenges written by Michael D. Carsten and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Law categories.

International Law Studies, V. 83. Michael D. Carsten, editor. Known as the "Blue Book" series. Contains the proceedings from a scholarly conference entitled "Global Legal Challenges Command: Command of the Commons, Strategic Communications and Natural Disasters" hosted at the Naval War College on June 28-30, 2006.