UID:
edoccha_9958132467302883
Format:
1 online resource (294 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2016.
ISBN:
3-662-50270-4
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:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-662-50268-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-50270-9
