Environment disaster linkages

Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present...

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Other Authors Shaw, Rajib, Tran, Phong
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
SeriesCommunity, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 9.
Subjects
Environmental disasters > Forecasting.
Environmental disasters > Prevention.
Emergency management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780857248664
ISSN2040-7262 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (x, 354 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Water / Rajib Shaw
  • Air / Yukio Tamura, Fumiaki Kobayashi, Osamu Suzuki, Yasushi Uematsu, Yasuo Okuda
  • Land / Masato Shinoda
  • Forest / Phong Tran, Rajib Shaw
  • Coast / Rajib Shaw, Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy
  • Urban / Phong Tran, Rajib Shaw
  • Livelihoods / Noralene Uy, Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi
  • Employment / Nitin Srivastava, Rajib Shaw
  • Health / M.A. Abedin, Umma Habiba, Rajib Shaw
  • Waste / Muralee Thummarukudy
  • Land use / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw
  • Ecosystem / R. Parthasarathy, Soumini Raja
  • Eco-villages / Miwa Abe, Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi
  • Education / Rajib Shaw, Phong Tran
  • Technology / Rajib Shaw
  • Way forward / Rajib Shaw, Phong Tran.

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