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Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the Sendai Framework, and provides additional resources, methodologies and communication strategies to enhance the plan for action and targets proposed by the Sendai Framework. The series will appeal to a broad range of researchers, academics, students, p…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-61278-8
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- xvii, 487p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Han
Geological and Geo-Environmental Processes on Earth
This edited volume dedicated to late Prof. P.S. Saklani addresses the multidisciplinary themes pertaining to role of tectonism and magmatism in Crustal Evolution and global distribution of metallic and non metallic mineral deposits. It gives valuable information on geodynamic evolution, structural, petrological, isotopic, metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological attributes of continental a…
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- 1
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- 978-981-16-4122-0
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- xviii, 324p.:Ill
- Series Title
- AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series
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- 363.349 5 Geo
Frequency Analyses of Natural Extreme Events
This book is of paramount importance in the fields of engineering and applied sciences, given that through the values obtained by these procedures, many structures, like spillways of dams and highway culverts, are designed and constructed. The main aim of this book is to provide procedures for implementing many probability distribution functions, all of them based on using a standard and a …
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-86390-6
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- xvii, 410p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Fil f
Cyclones in Southern Africa
Tropical cyclones in Southern Africa, also known as hurricanes or typhoons in other regions of the world, is a hot subject for academic research. This focus has been magnified by the need to consider tropical cyclones in the context of other global development agendas, that includes the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its inseparable 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Pari…
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- 1 Volume 3
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- 978-3-030-74303-1
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- xxvi, 322p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
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- 363.349 5 Cyc
Fire Science
This textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire behavior and fire effects on people and ecosystems to support effective integrated fire management. Through case studies, interactive spreadsheets programmed with equations and graphics, and clear explanations, the book provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional readers with a straightforward learning …
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-69815-7
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- XXXVIII, 644p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Fir
Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters
This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international conference on â€â€¦
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-77356-4
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- xvi, 666p.:ill
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
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- 363.349 5 His
Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risks
This book presents a collection of papers under the theme of multi-hazard early warning and disaster risks. These were selected from the presentations made at the International Symposium on Tsunami and Multi-Hazard Risks, Early Warning and Community Awareness in supporting implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. This conference aimed to recognize achieveme…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-73003-1
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- LI, 892p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Mul
Recent Technologies for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction
This book explains to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of recent technologies for disaster monitoring and risk reduction based on the knowledge and experience of prominent experts/researchers in the relevant fields. It discusses the application of recent technological developments for emerging disaster risks in today's societies and deliberates on the v…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-76116-5
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- xv, 479p.:ill
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
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- 363.349 5 Rec
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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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-16-4815-1
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- xvii, 512p.:Ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Eco
The Increasing Risk of Floods and Tornadoes in Southern Africa
This volume discusses the increasing occurrence of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa over the last few years. The book discusses existing flood and tornado management protocols, indigenous approaches to mitigate disaster risk, urban and peri-urban flooding, tornado-induced flooding and windstorms, and the challenges and vulnerabilities associated with rural and transboundary floods. The b…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-74192-1
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- xxi, 290p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
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- 363.349 5 The
Convergent Leadership-Divergent Exposures
This book aims, through its chapters, at providing the knowledge to make competent decisions, convince peers or top management to take appropriate action, or beat out the competition for climate adaptation measures including adjustments for design and operations. Topics discussed include business-as-usual vs. divergence; the effects of public pressure on corporate, industrial and government dec…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-74930-9
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- xxvi, 351p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Obo c
Rebuilding for Resilience: A Barrier Island Case
Recurring extreme events of nature challenge disaster-prone settlements in complex ways. Devastating property damages are one of the tests of survival for such settlements in both economic and social terms. It also provides unique opportunities to rethink the environment cleared by massive natural disasters. However, rebuilding for long-term resiliency is one of the least investigated areas, pa…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-65532-7
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- xvii, 128p.:Ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Sub r
Cyclones in Southern Africa
The subject of tropical cyclones in Southern Africa, also known as hurricanes or typhoons in other regions of the world, has been growing over the past few decades. However, there is still limited literature on foundational and fundamental topics on the matter. To this end, this book addresses this gap, citing some examples from both historic and recent tropical cyclones. The book presents mete…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-74262-1
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- xxi, 274p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Cyc
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
Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico
This book recognizes Mexico's effects and challenges in a natural disaster and offers empirical risk-reduction methods in critical cases. The proposals considered here include real and detailed analysis, a set of models, frameworks, strategies, and findings in the three stages of the disaster (before–during–after). This book: describes the methodology to find secure locations for …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-67295-9
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- xii, 380p.:ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Dis
Proceedings of the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk…
This book presents selected papers from the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction – Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making, which was held at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus from 19 to 21 March 2017. It was organised by the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), which was es…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-15-8662-0
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- XI, 250p.:Ill
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- -
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- 363.349 5 Pro
Building Knowledge for Geohazard Assessment and Management in the Caucasus an…
This volume is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of the state of art of research related to geo-related hazards in the Caucasus and other orogenic regions; it is also devoted to shedding light on a broad array of geological phenomena as well as discussing innovative tools and strategies for geohazard assessment. Additional emphasis is placed on preventive and mitigation measures, whic…
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- 1
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- 978-94-024-2046-3
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- xv, 458p.:ill
- Series Title
- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
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- 363.349 5 Bui
Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Focusses on the latest developments in earthquake engineering in the broadest sense Offers contributions on highlighted issues, i.e. performance based design, bridge design and seismic isolation Presents state-of-the-art most recent practices in the field
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- 978-3-319-07118-3
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- viii, 650p.: Ill.
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- -
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- 690.1 Per
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