UID:
almahu_9947362523702882
Format:
XI, 288 p. 141 illus.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9783662502709
Series Statement:
IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series,
Content:
This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.
Note:
Natural Disaster System in China -- Earthquake Disaster in China -- Landslide and Debris Flow Disaster of China -- Typhoon Disaster of China -- Flood Disaster in China -- Drought Disaster in China -- Snow- Frost - Hail Disaster in China -- Blown Sand Disaster in China -- Storm Surge Disaster in China -- Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Management and Governance of China.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662502686
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-50270-9
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50270-9
URL:
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