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Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification
Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be more and more critical, due to the growth of the amount of the building stock. Thus we need new init…
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- 1
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- 978-88-470-5223-9
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- xiv, 127 hlm
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- 363.349 5 BIG t
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from Natural Hazards Planning
This book identifies lessons learned from natural hazard experiences to help communities plan for and adapt to climate change. Written by leading experts, the case studies examine diverse experiences, from severe storms to sea-level related hazards, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, earthquakes and tsunami, in North America, Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa and Small Island Developing S…
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- 978-94-017-8631-7
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- xx, 461 hlm
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- 551.6 GLA a
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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- 1
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- 978-4-431-55090-7
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- xi, 187 hlm
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- 628 SHA e
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