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Natural Disasters in China
Peijun . Ed(S): Shi
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Description for Natural Disasters in China
Hardback. Editor(s): Shi, Peijun. Series: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. Num Pages: 299 pages, 141 black & white illustrations, 97 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 619.
This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.
This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Series
IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662502686
SKU
V9783662502686
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Ref
99-15
About Peijun . Ed(S): Shi
Peijun Shi, a leading expert of natural disaster risk management in China, is the Academician of the China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2004. He is the Deputy Director of the Expert Committee of China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and Director of the State ... Read more
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