Disaster risk reduction approaches in Pakistan. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Atta-Ur- Rahman, Amir Nawaz Khan, Rajib Shaw, editors.
• Editors: Rahman, Atta-Ur; Khan, Amir Nawaz; Shaw, Rajib
• Contents: Introduction and Approaches of Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan -- Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk: The Pakistan Context -- Disaster Resilience: Generic Overview and Pakistan Context -- Flood Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- Earthquake Hazards and Risk Mitigation in Pakistan -- Tsunami Risk, Preparedness and Warning System in Pakistan -- Drought Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- Landslide Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- Desertification risk reduction approaches in Pakistan -- Sea Level Change, Causes and Impacts: A Case Study of Pakistan -- Climate Change Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- GLOF Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- National Strategy, Law and Institutional Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan -- DRR at the Local Government Level in Pakistan -- NGOs and disaster risk reduction in Pakistan -- Urban Risk and Reduction Approaches in Pakistan -- Disaster and Climate Change Education in Pakistan -- Financing for Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan -- Community Based Disaster Risk Management in Pakistan -- Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan.
• Publisher Details: Tokyo New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 394 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 353.9/5095491; Hazard mitigation -- Pakistan; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief; Hazard mitigation; Pakistan; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9784431553694
• Related ISBNs: 443155369X; 9784431553687; 4431553681; 9784431553687
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 4, 2015).
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