Environmental hazards and disasters:
Paul, Bimal Kanti
Environmental hazards and disasters: contexts, perspectives and management / by Bimal Kanti Paul - West Sussex: John Wiley, 2011. - xi,: 322p.
1.Introduction --
2.History and development of hazard studies in geography --
3.Vulnerability, resiliency, and risk --
4.Disaster effects and impacts --
5.Disaster cycles : mitigation and preparedness --
6.Disaster cycles : response and recovery --
7.Disaster relief --
8.Hazards/disasters : special topics.
Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretation.
9780470660027
Hazardous geographic environments.
363.3406 / PAU-E
Environmental hazards and disasters: contexts, perspectives and management / by Bimal Kanti Paul - West Sussex: John Wiley, 2011. - xi,: 322p.
1.Introduction --
2.History and development of hazard studies in geography --
3.Vulnerability, resiliency, and risk --
4.Disaster effects and impacts --
5.Disaster cycles : mitigation and preparedness --
6.Disaster cycles : response and recovery --
7.Disaster relief --
8.Hazards/disasters : special topics.
Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretation.
9780470660027
Hazardous geographic environments.
363.3406 / PAU-E