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Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience
This book provides an introduction to the critical role of ecosystem-based disaster risk resilience (Eco-DRR) for building community resilience to multiple environmental risks such as rising heat, water stress, and pollution. Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is an Eco-DRR tool that is an under-explored paradigm and can respond as one common strategy to targets set by the Sustainable Development …
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- 978-981-16-4815-1
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- xvii, 512p.:Ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Eco
Emerging Technologies for Disaster Resilience
Technological advances have helped to enhance disaster resilience through better risk reduction, response, mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction. In former times, it was local and traditional knowledge that was mainly relied upon for disaster risk reduction. Much of this local knowledge is still valid in today’s world, even though possibly in different forms and contexts, and local kn…
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- 978-981-16-0360-0
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- xiii, 260p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Eme
Climate Change, Disaster Risks, and Human Security
This book explores how climate change and disaster risks threaten human security in Asia. Climate change and disaster risks have emerged as major human security challenges in the twenty-first century, and are an imminent “threat multiplier” with the potential to harm the vital core of human life and curtail people’s freedom and ability to live with dignity. Climate change and disaster ris…
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- 978-981-15-8852-5
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- xxvii, 450p.:ill
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- 551.6 Cli
Media and Disaster Risk Reduction
This book analyzes recent advances, trends, challenges and potentials of the role of media in disaster risk reduction. Collaboration, co-design and co-delivery with other stakeholders in science technology, private sectors, and civil society are found to be effective in reaching people and communities. The media is considered to be of utmost importance in all phases of disasters, before, durin…
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- 978-981-16-0285-6
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- xiii, 249p.:ill
- Series Title
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Call Number
- 302.23. Med
Integrated Research on Disaster Risks
This book is a collection of works written by young scientists involved in the Integrated Disaster Risk Research (IRDR). Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) is a decade-long research programme co-sponsored by the International Science Council (merged by International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations Office for Disaster R…
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- 978-3-030-55563-4
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- vii, 356p.:ill
- Series Title
- Disaster Risk Reduction
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- 551.6 Int
Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction :The Asian Dilemma
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field. Starting from the traditional approach of response and relief, the emphasis has gradually shifted to disaster risk reduction. From international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to national and local NGOs, all stakeholders have recognized the significance of and need for community-based ri…
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- 978-4-431-54877-5
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- xi, 292 hlm
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- 352.106 SHA c
Education for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Disaster Risk Reduction Education (DRRE) have overlapping areas of concern focusing on strengthening the link to local communities. In reality, there is significant synergy in ESD and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Both concepts urge looking at the communities, both focus on behavior changes, and both call for linking knowledge to action. The De…
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- 978-4-431-55090-7
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- xi, 187 hlm
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- 628 SHA e
Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan
This book presents key lessons from community-based risk-reduction practices in Japan, a country that is often hit by disasters and that also has shown strong resilience in coping with those disasters. Japan has a strong governance system for disaster risk reduction. However, the Kobe earthquake of 1995 showed the importance of community involvement in disaster response as well as recovery. Wit…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-4-431-54246-9
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- ix, 239 hlm
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- -
- Call Number
- 363.3 SHA c
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