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1 online resource |
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Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation |
| Contents |
Problems of fire safety in the modern world / Nikolay N. Bruschlinsky, PhD, Sergei V. Sokolov, PhD, and Peter Wagner, PhD, GFPA -- German Fire Protection Association, Münster, Germany, and others -- The application of risk governance in offshore installations / Zoe Nivolianitou, Athanasios Liaropoulos, and Kalliopi Sapountzaki, System Reliability & Industrial Safety Lab, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, NCSR "DEMOKRITOS", Greece, and others -- Man-made disasters, environmental crises, and the health impacts of disasters / Zong-Ping Wu, Graduate School of Disaster Management, Central Police University, Taiwan -- An alternative perspective for addressing mass casualty incidents in extreme events / Chih-Long Pan, PhD, Spyros Schismenos, Jer-Ming Chiu, PhD, and Jet-Chau Wen, PhD, Research Center for Soil & Water Resources and Natural Disaster Prevention (SWAN), National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan, and others -- Large-scale fire incidents in recycling plants : lessons learned from two indicative case studies and future needs / Spyros Schismenos, Sofia Karma, and Michail Chalaris, Research Center for Soil & Water Resources and Natural Disaster Prevention, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan, and others -- Nanotechnology applications for biological threat detection / Spyros Schismenos, Michail Chalaris, PhD, and Maria Gazouli, PhD, Research Center for Soil & Water Resources and Natural Disaster Prevention, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan, and others -- Modeling the process of fire and rescue services activities / Nikolay N. Bruschlinsky, PhD, Sergei V. Sokolov, PhD, and Peter Wagner, PhD, GFPA -- German Fire Protection Association, Münster, Germany, and others -- Safety aspects of façade fires : novel risks and challenges posed by high-rise buildings / Dionysios I. Kolaitis, PhD, Fire Engineering Unit, Heterogeneous Mixtures and Combustion Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece -- Tools for analyzing risks from human exposure to chemical environments : the case of exposure to smoke components during forest or other field fires / Sofia Karma, PhD, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece -- Using an augmented reality application for childhood education in natural disasters / Ioannis Kazanidis, Georgios Sotiriadis, Christos Lytridis, and Avgoustos Tsinakos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Agios Loukas, Kavala, Greece -- The study of smoke distribution conditions and co from large forest fires / Nikolaos Ch. Iliopoulos, PhD, Fire Officers Faculty, Hellenic Fire Academy, Athens, Greece -- The impact of social media in emergency situations : challenges and opportunities / Euphrosyne Efthimiadou, Department of Aeronautical Sciences, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Dekeleia, Greece -- Working with refugees in a disaster crisis : the development of secondary post-traumatic stress among emergency workers and first responders / Christina Patitsa, PhD and Michail Chalaris, PhD, Department of Social Work, Technological Educational Institution, Athens, Greece, and others -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Risk management.
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Crisis management.
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Natural disasters.
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Risk Management
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Natural Disasters
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risk management.
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natural disasters.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Crisis management
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Natural disasters
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Risk management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chalaris, Michail, editor
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Emmanouloudis, Dimitrios, editor
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Wen, Jet-Chau, editor
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| LC no. |
2018010766 |
| ISBN |
9781536132403 |
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1536132403 |
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