Local disaster risk management in a changing climate perspective from Central America

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for...

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Other Authors: Hori, Tsuneki., Shaw, Rajib.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 17.
Subjects:
Social Science > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Science > Environmental Science.
Natural disasters.
Social impact of environmental issues.
Management of land & natural resources.
Global warming > Central America.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781783509362 (electronic bk.) :
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) : ill.

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245 0 0 |a Local disaster risk management in a changing climate  |h [electronic resource] :  |b perspective from Central America /  |c edited by Tsuneki Hori, Rajib Shaw. 
260 |a Bingley, U.K. :  |b Emerald,  |c 2014. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Community, environment and disaster risk management,  |x 2040-7262 ;  |v v. 17 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Local disaster risk management in Central America -- Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management -- Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning -- Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity -- Conclusion. 
520 |a Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica. 
588 0 |a Print version record 
650 7 |a Social Science  |x Disasters & Disaster Relief.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Science  |x Environmental Science.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Natural disasters.  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Social impact of environmental issues.  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Management of land & natural resources.  |2 bicssc 
650 0 |a Global warming  |z Central America. 
655 7 |a elektronické knihy  |7 fd186907  |2 czenas 
655 9 |a electronic books  |2 eczenas 
700 1 |a Hori, Tsuneki. 
700 1 |a Shaw, Rajib. 
776 1 |z 9781783509355 
830 0 |a Community, environment and disaster risk management ;  |v v. 17. 
856 4 0 |u https://proxy.k.utb.cz/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262201417  |y Full text 

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