Hazards analysis : reducing the impact of disasters /: reducing the impact of disasters. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John C. Pine.
• Authors: Pine, John C, 1946-
• Contents: Introduction to Hazards Analysis; John C. Pine; Objectives; Key Terms; Issue; Introduction; Terminology of Hazards; Views of Extreme Natural Events as Primary Causes of Disasters; A Changing Hazards Paradigm; Hazards Analysis; Hazard Identification; Vulnerability Analysis; Risk Analysis; Linking Hazards Analysis to Risk and Comprehensive Emergency Management; Communicating Risk from a Hazards Analysis; Community Involvement; Values in Community Engagement; Conclusions; Discussion Questions; Applications; Websites; References; ; Hazards Identification ; John C. Pine ; Objectives; Key Terms; Issue; Introduction; Hazards Identification Process; Organizing a Hazards Identification Team; Creating a Community Profile; Community Assets; Environmental or Natural Assets and Risks; Sources of Hazards Data; Social Assets; Economic and Constructed Assets; Infrastructure; Critical Facilities; Economic Activities; Mapping Community Assets and Hazards; Interdependence of Communities; Identifying Community Problems; Problem-Solving Process; Problem Solving in a Nonstructured Environment; Decision Traps; Perception of Risks by Citizens; Conclusions; Discussion Questions; Applications; Websites; Population Data; Health Data; Environmental Data; Transportation; Energy; Business Statistics; Mapping Resources; References; ; Modeling Natural- and Human-Caused Hazards ; John C. Pine ; Objectives; Key Terms; Issue; Role of Hazard Modeling in Hazards Analysis; An Example of a Hazard Model; Nature and Types of Models; Dynamic Models; Deterministic; Probabilistic; Models Used in Hazards Analysis; HAZUS-MH Model; Evacuation Transportation Modeling; Modeling Community Resilience; Communicating Risks from Models; Assessing Hazard Models; Validity; Quality; Availability of Model Documentation; Data Accuracy, Resolution, and Availability; Coupling Models with GIS; Static versus Adaptable Outputs; Uses of Model Outputs; Timeliness; Completeness; Advantages and Disadvantages of Hazard Models; Model Limitations; Hazard Profiles; Sources of Hazard Information for the Hazard Profile; Description of Hazard; Magnitude; Frequency of Occurrence; Seasonal Pattern; Duration; Speed of Onset; Availability of Warnings; Location and Spatial Extent; Conclusions; Discussion Questions; Applications; National Flood Insurance Program; Hazard Profile Sample for a Tornado; Websites; Avalanches; Dam Safety; Drought; Earthquakes; Flooding; Landslides; Snow; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Wildfires; References; ; Spatial Analysis ; John C. Pine ; Objectives; Key Terms; Issue; Introduction; Definition of Spatial Analysis; Geospatial Data Set; Spatial Data Quality; Types of Spatial Analysis; Queries; Using Spatial Analysis to Answer Questions; Transformations; Buffering; Descriptive Summaries; Optimization Techniques; Hypothesis Testing; Spatial Data Visualization; Choropleth Maps; Conclusions; Discussion Questions; Applications; Websites; References; ; Risk Analysis: Assessing the Risks of Hazards ; Kevin L. Shirley and John C. Pine ; Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Process of Risk Analysis; What Is Risk?; Quantitative Analysis of Risk; Quantitative Analysis of Likelihood; Quantitative Analysis of Consequence; Qualitative Analysis of Risk; Qualitative Analysis of Likelihood; Qualitative Analysis of Consequence; Views of Risk; Using Historical Data in Determining Risk; Need for Complete Accurate Data for Decision Making; Using Technical Data in Decision Making; Indicators of Direct and Indirect Losses; Issues in Risk Analysis; Changes in Disaster Frequency; Availability of Essential Data; Depth of Analysis; Ranking of Risks; Quantitative Data; Likelihood–Consequence Matrix; Risk Strategies; Mandatory Risk Level; Extremely Low Likelihood of Risk; Accept the Risk; Determining Risk Acceptability; Personal; Political/Social; Economic; Hazard Models; Uncertainty; Logic Tree; Monte Carlo Method or Simulation; Uncertainty Expressed in Interval Estimates; Summary; Discussion Questions; Applications; Websites; References; ; Social, Economic, and Ecological Vulnerability ; John C. Pine ; Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Approaches to Vulnerability; Dimensions of Vulnerability; Social and Human Vulnerability; Economic Vulnerability; Environmental Vulnerability; Measuring Vulnerability; Indicators of Social Conditions; Indicators of Economic Conditions; Indicators of Environmental Conditions; Methodological Issues; Scale of Analysis; Weighting,
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.347; Disasters -- Social aspects; Emergency management; Preparedness; Community organization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482228922
• Related ISBNs: 9781482228915
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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