Disaster risk. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Irasema Alcantara Ayala [and seven others].
• Authors: Alcántara, Irasema; Gomez, Christopher; Chmutina, Ksenia; van Niekerk, Dewald; Raju, Emmanuel; Marchezini, Victor; Rom Cadag, Jake; Gaillard, JC
• Contents: Part I: The nature and impact of disasters . 1.What’s disaster risk? 2.Where and when do disasters occur? 3.The impact of disasters. Part II: Vulnerabilities and capacities . 4.Why do disasters occur? 5.People’s vulnerability. 6.People’s capacities. Part III: Natural and socio-natural hazards . 7.Endogenous processes: Earthquake, Volcanoes and Tsunamis. 8.Gravity-Driven ‘Natural’ Exogenous Processes. 9.Climatological and hydro-meteorological hazards. 10.Socio-natural hazards. Part IV: People’s response to and resilience during and after disasters . 11.People’s behaviour in time of disaster. 12.People’s resilience. 13.Moving Towards Disaster Recovery. Part V: Disaster risk reduction and management . 14.Disaster risk reduction. 15.Disaster management. 16.Fostering disaster recovery. 17.Conclusions
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 363.34; Natural disasters
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315469591; 9781315469607; 9781315469614
• Related ISBNs: 9781138204331; 9781138204348
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