Natural disasters Books
Springer Naturebased Solutions for Urban and PeriUrban
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Nature based Solutions for Urban and Peri-Urban Areas for a sustainable and resilient future: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) as Spatial Planning Strategy to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect: A case of Nagpur city, India.- Chapter 3. Urban Heat Island and its implication for cities.- Chapter 4. Nature-Based Solutions and Planning Strategies for Optimizing Peri-Urban Open Spaces in Varanasi.- Chapter 5. Perspectives on convergence of NbS and agile city principles in tier II industrial cities of India.- Chapter 6. Urban Climate Shelters: A nature-based solution for urban resilience.- Chapter 7. Vertical Gardens in Public Open Spaces - Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Urbanization in Belgrade City, Serbia.- Chapter 8. Planning Nature-based-Solutions (NbS) through rainfall-runoff Simulations for Slums of Developing Countries: A Case of Nagpur, India.- Chapter 9. Quantifying the Cooling Potential of Nature-based Solutions to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island: A Case Study of the City of Bhopal.- Chapter 10. Comprehending drought mitigation probabilities through integrated techniques of using NbS and traditional disaster risk management.- Chapter 11. Urban Flood Prevention Through Community-Centered Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning.- Chapter 12. Shifting Sands and Rising Seas: An Exploratory Study of Community-Centric Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards and Coastal Erosion in Alappad, Kerala, India.- Chapter 13. Exploring the impact of place attachment on residents’ preferences for implementing NbS in urban areas: A Case of Using Stormwater Recycled through MAR in Taiyuan, China.- Chapter 14. Policy, frameworks and tools for risk-informed uptake of NbS.- Chapter 15. Using the Key Player Approach to Design and Manage Adaptive Urban Governance for Nature-Based Solutions Implementation: Study of Vienna and Tucson.- Chapter 16. Drivers of Successful Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives: Challenges and Policy Recommendations.
£107.99
Springer Disaster Law
Book SynopsisOverview of Disaster and humanitarian legislation.- Key issues and challenges of disaster law in Japan.- Overview of disaster legislation in USA.- Disaster law in China.- Disaster law in Indonesia.- Disaster legislation in the Philippines.- Disaster Law in Bangladesh.- Disaster Management law in India.- Disaster Management law in Nepal.- Disaster Management law in Pakistan.- Disaster Management law in Turkey.- Disaster management law in European Union.
£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements:
Book SynopsisThis book presents emerging perspectives on disaster resilience and human settlements in the larger context of the Anthropocene. The chapters explore urban and rural perspectives focusing on the current and emerging perspectives on disaster resilience through a holistic approach, involving scientists, humanists, planners, policymakers, and professionals in the global debate.Table of ContentsPart 1Introduction 1. Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements: Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene Part 2Flood Risk in Urban Areas: Disaster Resilience Assessment 2. Leaving nothing to chance: reducing flood risk by evaluating flood alert simulations in urban Contexts 3. Urban growth and increasing flood impact in Palma De Mallorca: a loss of resilience capacity? 4. Flood hazard analysis for disaster resilience assessment in urban areas: examples from the Adriatic coastal area of Central Italy 5. Addressing the Impacts of Inland Floods on Housing in Honiara, Solomon Islands Part 3 Perceptions and Representations of Disasters and Climate Change in the Anthropocene 6. Disaster perception and education among adolescents: a geographical perspective in Palermo, Sicily 7. Social media in risk perception and disaster management: a geographical perspective 8. Environmental Hazards as Weapons: Histories, Geographies, Representations 9. Living on Mount Etna in the Anthropocene between risk and beauty: a field survey 10. Climate change perception: a case study in the secondary school in Calabria, Italy 11. Informal Settlements in Ghana: Adaptation through Disaster Risk Communication Part 4Narrations of Disasters and Climate Change Resilience in Urban and Rural areas 12. Resilient landscapes: how to contribute to a climate rebalancing by restoring landscape 13. Disaster preparedness for enhancing the resilience to volcanic risk impact in the Etna region 14. Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements in the Abruzzi region (Central Italy) 15. Revitalizing the wounded territory: the didactic geo-hiking's potential 16. Sense of belonging and response to climate change: how the relation of local populations Part 5Pandemic and Disaster Risk Reduction: for an Emergency Pedagogy 17. For an emergency pedagogy: the Covid-19 witness as a “cure” for Disaster Risk Reduction. A case study in Southern Italy 18. From Disasters to the Pandemic: A Study on the EU Solidarity Fund 19. Resilience and disability in the pandemic emergency. The role of education Part 6Disaster Resilience and Governance 20. Disaster resilience and the role of disaster risk governance: Nepal and Thailand
£104.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Challenges of Disaster Planning, Management,
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Wildfires: Assistance Programs and Management
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£138.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc Tsunamis: Detection Technologies, Response
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£58.39
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. FEMAs Future Perspectives on Readiness Response and Resilience
£81.59
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Disaster Readiness Evaluating FEMAâs Preparedness and Response Strategies
£120.79
