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Télécharger le livre :  Introduction to International Disaster Management
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Introduction to International Disaster Management


Damon Coppola


Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This edition provides practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive understanding of the disaster...

Parution : 2015-01-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Pakistan
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Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Pakistan


Amir Nawaz Khan , Atta-Ur- Rahman , Rajib Shaw


This book is a pioneering regional work and provides a balanced approach of theory and practice in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Pakistan. The book analytically discusses the status of DRR and draws examples and lessons from national and community-level programs and...

Parution : 2015-01-20
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  European Trend Atlas of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Records
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European Trend Atlas of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Records


Collectif


This Atlas presents records of climatic variability and change in Europe starting before 1901 and focuses especially on trends of extreme temperatures and precipitation. The authors have used software developed within EMULATE (European and North Atlantic daily to...

Parution : 2014-12-04
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society
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Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society


Bernard Manyena , Andrew E. Collins , Janaka Jayawickrama , Jones Samantha


Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society provides analyses of environmentally related catastrophes within society in historical, political and economic contexts. Personal and corporate culture mediates how people may become more vulnerable or resilient to hazard...

Parution : 2014-11-21
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Éditeur : Academic Press
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Télécharger le livre :  High-Impact Weather Events over the SAARC Region
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High-Impact Weather Events over the SAARC Region


B.K. Bandyopadhyay , M. Mohapatra , L.S. Rathore , Kamaljit Ray


This book is a compilation of papers contributed by researchers and scientists from SAARC nations and deals with high-impact weather conditions, their prediction and potential consequences for populations in the SAARC region. There have been a number of recent advances...

Parution : 2014-11-19
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific
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Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific


Caroline Brassard , David W. Giles , Arnold M. Howitt


The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable to a variety of natural and manmade hazards. This edited book productively brings together scholars and senior public officials having direct experience in dealing with or researching on recent major natural...

Parution : 2014-11-18
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Geoethics
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Geoethics


Max Wyss , Silvia Peppoloni


Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for...

Parution : 2014-11-13
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
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Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters


Douglas J. Sherman , Jean Ellis , John F. Shroder


Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues related to disasters such as hazard...

Parution : 2014-11-11
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide Assessment and Prediction
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Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide Assessment and Prediction


Ramkrishna Maiti , Sujit Mandal


In the present authors attempted to have a clear insight into the interworking of geotectonic, geomorphic, hydrologic and anthropogenic factors leading to landslide in the Shiv khola Watershed, the most worst affected region of Darjiling Himalaya. This book includes the...

Parution : 2014-11-07
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy
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Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy


J. Bret Bennington , E. Christa Farmer


Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy summarizes first results from studies of Superstorm Sandy, including: tide gauge measurements of storm surge, stable isotope variation in precipitation, analysis of the effect of beach nourishment among other factors on...

Parution : 2014-10-31
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Éditeur : Academic Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters
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Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters


Paolo Papale , John F. Shroder


Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. It takes a...

Parution : 2014-10-29
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  Post-Tsunami Hazard
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Post-Tsunami Hazard


Y. Kaneda , Y.A. Kontar , V. Santiago-Fandiño


This monograph focuses on a variety of topics related to reconstruction and restoration in post-tsunami conditions. Aspects such as coastal engineering, early warning systems and technological approaches, urban planning and settlements relocation, socio-economic...

Parution : 2014-10-29
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
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Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters


Paolo Paron


Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major atmospheric disasters that have had and continue to have major implications for many of the world's people, such as floods and droughts. . This volume takes a geoscientific approach...

Parution : 2014-10-28
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
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Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters


N.C.


Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in glacier surges and melting, ice shelf collapses, paleo-climate reconstruction, sea level rise, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness, and...

Parution : 2014-10-27
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Academic Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
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Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters


John F. Shroder , Tim Davies


Landslides are the most costly geo-hazard in the world, and they're often the cause or the result of other hazards and disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters makes a close and detailed...

Parution : 2014-10-23
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
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Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters


Douglas Paton , John F. Shroder


More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier...

Parution : 2014-10-20
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Éditeur : Elsevier
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Télécharger le livre :  A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.
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A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.


Rudi Hartmann , Jing'ai Wang , Tao Ye


The book is the outcome of a unique venture: a team of Chinese geographers and a team of American geographers collaborated on a new Comparative Geography of China and the United States.The book meets a high demand for comparative information about China and the United...

Parution : 2014-07-17
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : GeoJournal Library
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Télécharger le livre :  Geoinformation for Informed Decisions
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Geoinformation for Informed Decisions


Collectif


This book presents the latest research developments in geoinformation science, which includes all the sub-disciplines of the field, such as: geomatic engineering, GIS, remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, digital cartography, etc.

Parution : 2014-07-08
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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Télécharger le livre :  Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
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Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards


David Alexander , Jörn Birkmann , Stefan Kienberger


Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards covers the vulnerability of human and environmental systems to climate change and eight natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, avalanches, forest fires, drought, coastal erosion, and heat waves. This book is an...

Parution : 2014-06-12
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
Éditeur : Elsevier Science
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Télécharger le livre :  Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam
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Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam


Miguel Esteban , Nguyen Danh Thao , Hiroshi Takagi


Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam is the first book to focus specifically on natural hazards and climate change in Vietnam. The book examines threats such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, flooding, erosion, and salinity intrusion, and their respective...

Parution : 2014-06-04
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
Éditeur : Elsevier
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