| Description |
1 online resource (x, 570 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Note continued: 21. Potential of Geospatial Technologies for Mitigating Land and Water Related Disasters / Madan Kumar Jha -- 22. Decision Support System: Concept and Potential for Integrated Water Resources Management / M.V. Venugopalan -- 23. Sustainable Forest Management: Key to Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation / Savita Bisht -- 24. Participatory Information Management for Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction / Md. Shahid Parwez -- 25. Cyclone Emergency Preparedness in DAE Coastal Installations, India / D.V. Gopinath -- 26. Sustainable Management of Disasters: Challenges and Prospects / Madan Kumar Jha |
| Summary |
The major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmental security. Owing to enhanced natural/anthropogenic disasters worldwide, these challenges become much more complicated and daunting especially for developing countries. Therefore, it is important to highlight the risk of different disasters as well as the modern tools and techniques for minimizing disaster incidence and losses. Disaster management being highly multidisciplinary in nature, a comprehensive book dealing with different aspects of disaster management, and encompassing important disasters faced by humankind is presently not available. This book is an attempt to fulfill this gap. It provides clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about different facets of disaster management along with salient case studies. The book highlights the current status of disaster management focusing on developing nations, discusses vital issues such as climate change and sustainable development, modern approaches and tools/techniques, and the challenges of and future R & D needs for sustainable disaster management |
| Analysis |
natuurrampen |
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natural disasters |
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kustgebieden |
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coastal areas |
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klimaatverandering |
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climatic change |
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civiele techniek |
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civil engineering |
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aardwetenschappen |
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earth sciences |
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duurzame ontwikkeling |
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sustainable development |
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Geology (General) |
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Geologie (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Emergency management.
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Disaster relief.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Disaster relief
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Emergency management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048124985 |
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9048124980 |
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