Natural Disasters in China
Natural Disasters in China
Springer | Natural Hazards | June 19, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3662502682 | 288 pages | pdf | 12.75 mb
Springer | Natural Hazards | June 19, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3662502682 | 288 pages | pdf | 12.75 mb
Editors: Shi, Peijun (Ed.)
The first English language book systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of natural disasters, quantifies natural disaster vulnerability, evaluates natural disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated natural disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in China
Includes over 100 figures to illustrate the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters, disaster vulnerability, and disaster risks
Offers in-depth analyses of all major natural disasters and catastrophic natural disaster response cases
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.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
141 b/w illustrations
Additional Information
Jointly published with Beijing Normal University Press, China
Topics
Natural Hazards
Earth System Sciences
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk
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