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National Academies Press Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for LowLying Structures in the Floodplain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
Book SynopsisAn essential text for todayâs emerging professionals and higher education community, the third edition of Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness provides accessible and actionable strategies to create safer, more resilient communities. Known and valued for its balanced approach, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, presenting the major principles involved in preparing for and mitigating the impacts of hazards in emergency management. Real-world examples of different tools and techniques allow for the application of knowledge and skills.This new edition includes: Updates to case studies and sidebars with recent disasters and mitigation efforts, including major hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Summary of the National Flood Insurance Program, including how insurance rates are determined, descriptions of flood maps, and strategies for communities to help reduce premiums for residents. Overview of the ways that climate change is affecting disasters and the tools that emergency managers can use to plan for an uncertain future. Best practices in communication with the public, including models for effective use of social media, behavioral science techniques to communicate information about risk and preparedness actions, and ways to facilitate behavior change to increase the publicâs level of preparedness. Actionable information to help emergency managers and planners develop and implement plans, policies, and programs to reduce risk in their communities. Updated in-text learning aids, including sidebars, case studies, goals and outcomes, key terms, summary questions and critical thinking exercises for students. An eResource featuring new supplemental materials to assist instructors with course designs. Supplements include PowerPoint slides, tests, instructor lecture notes and learning objectives, key terms and a course syllabus. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Hazards and Disasters Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and Climate Change Part 1 Introduction Chapter 3: Meteorological and Hydrological Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought, Wildfire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat Chapter 4: Geological Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Landslides, Coastal Erosion, and Land Subsidence Chapter 5: Human-Made Hazards: Terrorism, Civil Unrest and Technological Hazards Part 2 Introduction Chapter 6: Role of the Federal Government in Disaster Management Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State Level Chapter 8: Local Government Powers: Building Resilience from the Ground Up Chapter 9: Community Resilience and the Private Sector Part 3 Introduction Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and Vulnerability Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: Planning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits Chapter 12: Hazard Mitigation Planning: Creating Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability Part 4 Introduction Chapter 13: Disaster Resilience: Living With Our Environment
£66.99
Taylor & Francis Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster
Book SynopsisA definitive resource, the Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science presents the essentials to better understand and manage disasters. The third edition of this popular text has been revised and updated to provide a substantively enriched and evidence-based guide for students and emerging professionals. The new emphasis on disaster science places it at the forefront of a rapidly evolving field. This third edition offers important updates, including: Newly commissioned insights from former students and professional colleagues involved with emergency management practice and disaster science; international policies, programs, and practices; and socially vulnerable populations. Significantly enriched content and coverage of new disasters and recent research, particularly the worldwide implications of climate change and pandemics. Pedagogical features like chapter objectives, key terms and definitions, discussion points and resources.Table of ContentsPart 1: The Disciplines of Emergency Management and Disaster Science 1. History and Current Status of Emergency Management and Disaster Science 2. Emergency Management Careers 3. Key Concepts, Definitions, and Perspectives 4. Advancing Emergency Management through Disaster Science Part 2: Comprehensive Emergency Management 5. Preparedness 6. Planning 7. Response 8. Recovery 9. Mitigation Part 3: Working and Volunteering in Emergency Management 10. Public Private Partnerships 11. International Humanitarian Disaster Management 12. The Next Generation of Emergency Managers and Disaster Scientists
£54.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Designing To Avoid Disaster
Book SynopsisRecent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince''s destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant''s devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of housing prices, all stem from what author Thomas Fisher calls fracture-critical design. This is design in which structures and systems have so little redundancy and so much interconnectedness and misguided efficiency that they fail completely if any one part does not perform as intended. If we, as architects, planners, engineers, and citizens are to predict and prepare for the next disaster, we need to recognize this error in our thinking and to understand how design thinking provides us with a way to anticipate unintended failures and increase the resiliency of the world in which we live. In Designing to Avoid Disaster, the author discusses the context and culturalTrade Review"In this essential book Fisher takes us through ‘fracture-critical’ design failures and provides solutions by articulating how ‘resilient design’ is the key to our longevity as a species. The research behind this theory spans many disciplines though the writing is accessible to all. This is required reading for designers, planners, politicians and citizens."Michael Zaretsky, architect and associate professor, University of Cincinnati, Ohio"Tom Fisher challenges us to think about disasters in a new way: not as the inevitable result of nature, but rather, problems that we can design our way out of. We, and the environments we create, are not the victims of circumstance. We can save ourselves through informed design and make a new world that rewards intelligence and foresight. In this book, Fisher throws us a life preserver of design. "Michael J. Crosbie, architecture critic and associate dean, University of Hartford, Connecticut Table of ContentsIntroduction: Designed Catastrophes 1.The Increasing Incidence of Disasters 2. Our Planetary Ponzi Scheme 3. Fracture-Critical Design 4. Disasters on Demand 5. The Anti-Shock Doctrine 6. Redefining Success 7. Fracture-Critical Species 8. Re-sizing the Human Footprint 9. Fracture-Critical Population 10. Protective Design 11. Fracture-Critical Economy 12. Rethinking Work 13. Fracture-Critical Politics 14. Reimagining Government 15. Fracture-Critical Higher Education 16. Redesigning the University 17. Fracture-Critical Infrastructure 18. Going Dutch 19. Fracture-Critical Developments 20. A Better Way to Dwell 21. Fracture-Critical Buildings 22. Designing for Durability 23. Fracture-Critical Consumption 24. Creative Citizen Consumption 25. Why We Have So Much Bad Design 26. The Design Mind 27. The Process of Design 28. The Logic of Design 29. The Pragmatics of Design 30. The Holon of Design 31. Designing our Future 32. What We Can Live Without 33. The Adulthood of the Species 34. Media, Metaphor, and Meaning 35. The Nature of Things to Come 36. Hell or Paradise?
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd Geographic Information Systems GIS for Disaster Management
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management has been completely updated to take account of new developments in the field. Using a hands-on approach grounded in relevant GIS and disaster management theory and practice, this textbook continues the tradition of the benchmark first edition, providing coverage of GIS fundamentals applied to disaster management. Real-life case studies demonstrate GIS concepts and their applicability to the full disaster management cycle. The learning-by-example approach helps readers see how GIS for disaster management operates at local, state, national, and international scales through government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and volunteer groups.New in the second edition: a chapter on allied technologies that includes remote sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), indoor navigation, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); thirteen new technTrade Review"I enjoyed the book immensely. The book provides a comprehensive discussion of using geospatial data sets, tools and techniques to address different phases of emergency management along with examples and implementation steps. The book can easily be used in the classroom or as a reference book by both novice professionals and experts." Bandana Kar, R & D Staff in the National Security Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory "We need spatial information more than ever to help plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters. This book does an outstanding job of laying the foundations and providing the contextual knowledge needed to leverage geospatial data and make maps that matter in crisis situations." Anthony C. Robinson, Department of Geography, Penn State University "Disasters--human and natural--make it painfully clear how relevant the geographic perspective is to our modern world. Dr Tomaszewski's book not only will equip its readers with theoretical foundations and practical skills to apply GIS workflows and tools to such diverse situations as wildfires, floods, and chemical spills, but will make strides in building a workforce that puts "spatial first" in its decision-making." Joseph Kerski, GISP, Esri and University of Denver Table of Contents1. A Survey of GIS for Disaster Management 2. Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Maps 3. Geographic Information Systems 4. Geographic Information Systems and Allied Technologies 5. Disaster Management and Geographic Information Systems 6. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Planning and Preparedness 7. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Response 8. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Recovery 9. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Mitigation 10. Special Topics, Future Technology, Professional Career Options and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Trends
£131.68
Johns Hopkins University Press The Great Fire of Rome
Book SynopsisA thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers. Peril was everywhere in ancient Rome, but the Great Fire of 64 CE was unlike anything the city had ever experienced. No building, no neighborhood, no person was safe from conflagration. When the fire finally subsidedafter burning for nine days straightvast swaths of Rome were in ruins. The greatest city of the ancient world had endured its greatest blow. In The Great Fire of Rome, Joseph J. Walsh tells the true story of this deadly episode in Rome's history. He explains why Rome was such a vulnerable tinderbox, outlines the difficulties of life in that exciting and dangerous city, and recounts the fire's aftermath and legacya legacy that includes the transformation of much of ancient Rome into a modern city. Situating the fire within the context of other perils that residents of Rome faced, including frequent flooding, pollution, crime, and dangerously shoddy construction, he highTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue I Perils of Life in Rome II Inferno III The Day After IV Neropolis V Legacy Appendix A. Sources Appendix B. Proposed Timeline of the Great Fire Notes Suggested Further Reading Index
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The University of North Carolina Press Catastrophic Diplomacy US Foreign Disaster
Book SynopsisOffers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy years, the book examines how the US government, US military, and their partners in the American voluntary sector responded to major catastrophes around the world.
£23.96
Bristol University Press Disasters in the Philippines: Before and After
Book SynopsisBringing together the voices of local scholars in the Philippines, this book offers critical insights into one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions. The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, with the effects of climate change contributing to rising sea levels and increasingly frequent typhoons and floods. Case studies in this book examine such disasters, including the aftermath of 2013 super typhoon Haiyan. Discussions are centered around four themes: women and empowerment, economics and recovery, community and resilience, and religion and spirituality. Through its analysis, the book demonstrates the scopes, inequities, and inefficiencies of policies and responses, as well as forms of empowerment and resilience, in meeting challenges in disaster-afflicted communities in the Philippines. Its conclusions provide a more nuanced and grounded perspective of policies, practices, and approaches in the sociology of disasters today.Table of ContentsPart 1: Disasters in the Philippines: Overview and Responses 1. Introduction - Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Roxanna Balbido Epe 2. Socio-Economic Impact of Disasters in the Philippines: The First Two Decades of the 21st century - Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga 3. State of ICT-use within the Local Climate E-Governance in Metro Manila, Philippines - Xavier Venn A. Asuncion 4. Food and Nutrition Security and Children’s Health Challenges in Extreme Weather Disasters in the Philippines: Understanding the Implications of Gender Roles - Erlidia F. Llamas-Clark 5. Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Resilience from Education, Local Government Units, and Communities - Roxanna Balbido Epe Part 2: Haiyan Aftermath 6. From Disaster Woes to Economic Windfall: The Case of San Juan Women of Sta. Rita, Samar - Anita G. Cular 7. Disaster Events and Role Transitions: Narratives of Filipino Rural Women after Typhoon Haiyan - Rowena S. Guiang and Ervina A. Espina 8. Women’s Participation in Small Island Resilience Building in Concepcion, Iloilo, Philippines - Dhino B. Geges 9. What Could Have Been? Disaster Impact Analysis of Haiyan in Region VIII - Shiely Anne O. Julian and Francine Blaise M. Loja 10. Gender and Labour Market Regimes in Post-Disaster Haiyan Communities in Leyte - Glenda Tibe Bonifacio 11. No One Left Behind? A Case for Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in the Philippines - Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete, Corazon Clarin, Marivic Codiñera, and Katherine Velmonte 12. Climate Change and Applied Theater as Post Disaster-Response - Dennis D. Gupa 13. Beyond Bayanihan: Overcoming Myths of Community Resilience in Typhoon Haiyan Post-Disaster Recovery - Yvonne Su, Ladylyn Mangada, and Ara Joy Pacoma 14. Increasing Resilience in Communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan: World Renew’s Response in the Philippines - Grace Wiebe 15. Religion in the Public Sphere in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan - Maria Cecilia T. Medina Conclusion (For Now): Post-Haiyan Philippines and Beyond - Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Roxanna Balbido Epe
£86.39
Pixyjack Press, Inc. Surviving Wildfire: Get Prepared, Stay Alive,
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters:
Book SynopsisThis book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international conference on ‘reconstruction, recovery and resilience of historic cities and societies’, the third Silk Cities conference held in L’Aquila, Italy, 10-12 July 2019, working with University of L’Aquila and UCL.This multi-scale, and multidisciplinary book offers cross-sectoral and complimentary voices from multiple stakeholders, including academia, urban governance, NGOs and local populations. It examines post-disaster reconstruction strategies and case studies from Europe, Asia and Latin America that provide a valuable collection for anyone who would like to get a global overview on the subject matter. It thereby enables a deeper understanding of challenges, opportunities and approaches in dealing with historic cities facing disasters at various geographical scales. Additionally, it brings together historical approaches to the reconstruction of historical cities and those of more recent times. Thus, it can be used as a reference book for global understanding of the subject matter.Trade Review“There is a vast amount of information in the book for readers to understand the complexity of this field. Hopefully, not only urban designers will take advantage of it, as the details are extensive enough to also be relevant for architects, engineers, policy-makers and public administration officials involved in the rehabilitation process.” (Meenakshi Bhagat, Urban Design, Issue 164, 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Heritage and collective memory for resilience and reconstruction.- Thinking about post-disaster reconstruction in Europe: Functionalist and identity approaches.- Old Souks of Aleppo: A narrative approach to post-conflict heritage reconstruction.- Photography for the city, between the need for protection, conservation and civic identity.- Cultural heritage as stones of memory: The recovery of archives in the area of the Marche crater.- Intangible heritage and resilience in managing disaster shelters: Case study in Japan.- Water gives, water takes away. Memory, agency and resilience in ENSO-vulnerable historic landscapes in Peru.- Intangible cultural economy, a mould for tangible urban built fabric – The case of Shahjahanabad, India.- The Tree: The concept of place after the earthquake, L’Aquila.- Part II: Historic and contemporary reconstructions of historic cities.- Marsica: One hundred years on.- Coventry: Shell or Phoenix, city of tomorrow or concrete jumble? From reconstruction to the Phoenix Initiative, UK.- Post-trauma recovery of monumental buildings in Italy and the United States at the beginning of twentieth century.- Historical town centres and post-seismic reconstructions: Between functional recovery and heritage value awareness.- Integrating green solutions into post-earthquake recovery of Bam, Iran.- Reconstruction of heritage and spirit: Mending the scars of Aleppo.- Beyond the damage, the reconstruction of L’Aguila.- The “Solidere” effect and the localisation of heritage reconstruction in post-war transitions, Libya.- Bell towers under (seismic) attack: Saving a symbol, once it became a menace.- Ancient city of the future: Notes on the reconstruction of Beirut.- Part III: Society, governance and collective resilience.- Bonding between urban fabric and capacity of collective resilience: The case of Talca historic centre, Chile.- Multi-perspective pre-disaster examination as post-disaster managerial thinking ahead for Hoi An in Vietnam.- Play Street: Experimenting tactical urbanism for urban resilience in Iran.- The preservation of rural landscapes for building resilience in small towns: Insights from north Italy.- Antigua Guatemala, from history of disasters to resilient future.- Emergency management for the built heritage post-earthquake: Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, Italy.- Factors of educational poverty and resilience responses in L’Aquila’s young population.- Dropout, resilience and cultural heritage: A focus of the ACCESS Project in a highly fragile area.- How can teachers promote resilience in schools?- Part IV: Bringing the 21st century into reconstruction.- Cities in transformation: Smarter reconstruction in historic city centres.- Evaluating visitors’ experiences at St Augustine’s Abbey (Canterbury).- Seismic Microzonation: A preventive measure for the conservation of the built heritage.- The representation of a resilient city: The case of Amatrice’s reconstruction.- Evacuation simulation considering tourists’ attempts to return home: A case of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple area, Japan.- Public administration versus social media in emergency situations.- Social media and disaster management in Iran: Lorestan floods as case study.- Environmental issues and energy potentials in post-earthquake reconstruction.- A multidisciplinary approach to retrofitting historic buildings: The case of the former San Salvatore Hospital, L’Aquila.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Creating Resilient Futures: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas
Book SynopsisThis open access edited volume critically examines a coherence building opportunity between Climate Change Adaptation, the Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Risk Reduction agendas through presenting best practice approaches, and supporting Irish and international case studies. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted existing global inequalities and demonstrated the scope and scale of cascading socio-ecological impacts. The impacts of climate change on our global communities will likely dwarf the disruption brought on by the pandemic, and moreover, these impacts will be more diffuse and pervasive over a longer timeframe. This edited volume considers opportunities to address global challenges in the context of developing resilience as an integrated development continuum instead of through independent and siloed agendas.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction: Editorial teamChapter Two: Integration: building capacity and making connections Stephen Flood, MaREI Centre, UCC, Yairen Jerez Columbié, MaREI Centre, UCC Stephen.flood@ucc.ieChapters Three to ThirteenThe eleven case-study chapters will provide a range of examples that underpin the aims and objectives of the book. These chapters take an international perspective with examples from Europe, Australasia, the Caribbean, and Africa. Chapter Three: Bridging the gap between Climate Change Risk Assessment and Climate Change Adaptation ActionShona Koren Paterson, Brunel University London, , Kristen Guida, London Climate Change Partnership, Stephen Flood, MaREI Centre, University College Cork, and Barry O’Dwyer, MaREI Centre, University College Cork shonakoren.paterson@brunel.ac.ukChapter Four: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Risk AssessmentParaic Ryan, Department of Civil Engineering, University College Cork and Ellen O’Connor, Department of Economics, University College Cork paraic.ryan@ucc.ieChapter Five: Mainstreaming CCA into Planning and development Jennie Sandstrom, Mid Sweden University and Stephen Flood, MaREI Centre, University College Cork jennie.sandstrom@miun.seChapter Six: Linking disaster risk reduction with sustainable development and climate change adaptation: a legal perspectiveDug Cubie, School of Law, University College Cork and Tommaso Natoli, School of Law, University College Cork Chapter Seven: Making Connections through IndicatorsMartin Le Tissier, MaREI Centre, University College CorkChapter Eight: SDGs and CCA in the Caribbean Yairen Jerez Columbié, MaREI Centre, University College CorkChapter Nine: Resilience and CCA in New ZealandNicholas Cradock-Henry, Landcare Research Chapter Ten: SDGs integration into National Science SystemsPeter Edwards, Landcare Research, Karen Fisher, University of Auckland Chapter Eleven: Ecosystem Based Management for the Conservation and sustainable use of the oceansTim O’Higgins, MaREI Centre, University College Cork Chapter Twelve: Community Resilience: old traits and the pace of changeGlen Smith, MaREI Centre, University College Cork Chapter Thirteen: Merle Sowman, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town Chapter Fourteen: Conclusions: Refining of both theoretical reflections and methodologiesStephen Flood, MaREI Centre, UCC and Editorial team
£31.49
Springer International Publishing AG Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a comprehensive overview of volcanic crisis research, the goal being to establish ways of successfully applying volcanology in practice and to identify areas that need to be addressed for future progress. It shows how volcano crises are managed in practice, and helps to establish best practices. Consequently the book brings together authors from all over the globe who work with volcanoes, ranging from observatory volcanologists, disaster practitioners and government officials to NGO-based and government practitioners to address three key aspects of volcanic crises. First, the book explores the unique nature of volcanic hazards, which makes them a particularly challenging threat to forecast and manage, due in part to their varying spatial and temporal characteristics. Second, it presents lessons learned on how to best manage volcanic events based on a number of crises that have shaped our understanding of volcanic hazards and crises management. Third, it discusses the diverse and wide-ranging aspects of communication involved in crises, which merge old practices and new technologies to accommodate an increasingly challenging and globalised world. The information and insights presented here are essential to tapping established knowledge, moving towards more robust volcanic crises management, and understanding how the volcanic world is perceived from a range of standpoints and contexts around the globe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Observing the volcanic world.- PART I Adapting Warnings for Volcanic Hazards.- Volcano Alert Level Systems: Designing a system for New Zealand’s differing scales of volcanic eruptions.- Challenges in developing volcano early warning systems.- Lahar warnings: acoustic flow monitors in North and South America.- Volcanic ashfall and impact on the ground.- Volcanic ash and aviation.- Volcanic gases: silent killers.- Hydrothermal Activity: explosive tourism in Iceland and Yellowstone.- Pyroclastic flows and attempting mitigation.- Lava flows.- PART II Observing Volcanic Crises.- Long Valley: lessons learnt from the volcano that never erupted – building relationships.- An emerging perspective: Colombia’s learning curve and regional perspectives.- The eruptions of Rabaul Volcano, Papua New Guinea – self-warning.- Indonesia: integrating the social and physical perspectives in mitigation policy and practice.- Japan: linking science, volcano warnings with public actions (Unzen).- Communicating a warning effectively to the public.- Equador: dealing with false alarms and volcanic activity over time.- Pinatubo: then and now – a review of the management of Pinatubo from 1991 to present.- Montserrat: developing risk maps and alert levels in a complex social context.- Tourists, locals and volcanoes – a challenge for effective management in the Canaries.- PART III Communicating into the Future.- Communication methods from the past: drawing from lessons learnt.- Passing on volcanic communication in oral tales: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.- Communicating in geopolitically sensitive contexts: volcanoes and security.- Hazard perception, communication and quantitative exposure levels at Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica; Implications for policy and practice.- Managing volcanic communication: different scales, times, and spaces.- The role of the expert – expert solicitation and its application.- Statistics: application in volcanic communication and management in Italy.- Participatory approaches to engage and communicate with local populations.- Role of performance and volcanic art in communications.- Multi-national collaborations: working beyond boarders in Russia and Alaska.- Emerging issues of standardising volcano early warning systems.- Technologies in making warnings more effective: GIS, Remote sensing.- Role of social media and networking in volcanic crises.- Concluding statement: lessons learnt and steps forward.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Cyclonic Disasters and Resilience: An Empirical Study on South Asian Coastal Regions
Book SynopsisThe Bay of Bengal is prone to tropical cyclones and storm surges as a result of its location, and many of the mostly poor people living along the coastal regions of South Asia lose their lives almost every year. These disasters have been particularly devastating and have caused serious damage. During the past five decades, the low-lying coastal and offshore islands have experienced a tragic history of 50 severe cyclones and storm surges, with more than one million victims dead or missing. People accepted and waited for the next disaster as they had no alternatives. Members of the poor families who survived the disasters experienced hard times recovering from damage and the loss of their loved ones. After disasters, epidemic diseases arise in the affected areas. Many of the people in distress are also deprived of public services. Providing all sorts of assistance and emergency health preparedness are most essential to overcome such a situation. The causes of these huge casualties have been mainly: (1) the high population density of costal settlements, (2) inadequate cyclone shelters in the disaster risk areas, (3) lack of awareness of the disaster risk by the vulnerable population, (4) deterministic attitudes of people who accept disasters as “fate”, (5) houses that are weakly constructed and (6) underdeveloped central awareness programmes and weather forecast systems. This book is based on an empirical study presenting a timeline analysis of major cyclones and their impacts and consequent losses through the super-cyclones in the disaster-prone coastal regions of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This study also investigates resilience mechanisms based on early warning systems, technology applications including GIS and remote sensing, best practices, success stories and case studies that can be used for effective cyclone management and development of a resilience mechanism among coastal communities.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conceptual and Contextual Scenario of Disaster Risk Reduction and Cyclonic Resilience Chapter 2: Major Cyclonic Disasters in India Chapter 3: The Application of Early Warning System in India Chapter 4: Major Cyclonic Disasters in Bangladesh Chapter 5: The Major Cyclonic disasters in Sri Lanka Chapter 6: Policy and Governance Strategies for Effective Cyclone Risk Management in Odisha, India: A Journey from 1999 Super Cyclone Chapter 7: Way forward and Resilience Development for Cyclone in South Asia
£98.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Into the Raging Sea
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The University of Chicago Press Building Resilience Social Capital in
Book SynopsisEach year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. This book highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild the infrastructure and ties that are at the foundation of any community.Trade Review"Daniel P. Aldrich has drawn the lens back from the single event to reveal patterns of resilience - and roadblocks to recovery - in four different post-disaster contexts. Building Resilience offers a novel and compelling look at the darker side of social capital as it relates to post-disaster recovery." (Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College)"
£35.27
University of Chicago Press Advocacy after Bhopal Environmentalism Disaster
Book SynopsisIn exploring the worldwide political and environmental aftermath of the Bhopal disaster in 1984, this text discusses various differing claims by focusing on the dynamics and paradoxes of advocacy in competing power domains.
£31.35
The University of Chicago Press Dangerous Earth
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Indiana University Press We Are All Survivors
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs catastrophes proliferate around us, We Are All Survivors provides a timely, intimate, and empathetic look at disasters and recovery. Written by a group of outstanding folklorists, most of whom have themselves faced the devastation of traumatic events, this volume explores the role folkloristics has played and can play in disaster stricken communities. We Are All Survivors is a book of thought, methodological skill, and heart. -- Diane Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: We Are All Survivors, by Carl Lindahl2. Into the Bullring: The Significance of "Empathy" after the Earthquake, by Yutaka Suga3. Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults, by Yoko Taniguchi4. The Story of Cultural Assets and their Rescue: A First-Hand Report from Tohoku, by Kōji Katō5. Critical Empathy: A Survivor's Study of Disaster, by Kate Parker Horigan6. Empathy and Speaking Out, by Amy Shuman7. The Intangible Lightness of Heritage, by Michael Dylan Foster8. Documenting Disaster Folklore in the Eye of the Storm: Six Months After María, by Gloria M. Colom BrañaConclusion: The COVID-19 Pandemic and "Folklife's First Responders," by Georgia Ellie Dassler and Kate Parker Horigan
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Indiana University Press We Are All Survivors
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs catastrophes proliferate around us, We Are All Survivors provides a timely, intimate, and empathetic look at disasters and recovery. Written by a group of outstanding folklorists, most of whom have themselves faced the devastation of traumatic events, this volume explores the role folkloristics has played and can play in disaster stricken communities. We Are All Survivors is a book of thought, methodological skill, and heart. -- Diane Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: We Are All Survivors, by Carl Lindahl2. Into the Bullring: The Significance of "Empathy" after the Earthquake, by Yutaka Suga3. Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults, by Yoko Taniguchi4. The Story of Cultural Assets and their Rescue: A First-Hand Report from Tohoku, by Kōji Katō5. Critical Empathy: A Survivor's Study of Disaster, by Kate Parker Horigan6. Empathy and Speaking Out, by Amy Shuman7. The Intangible Lightness of Heritage, by Michael Dylan Foster8. Documenting Disaster Folklore in the Eye of the Storm: Six Months After María, by Gloria M. Colom BrañaConclusion: The COVID-19 Pandemic and "Folklife's First Responders," by Georgia Ellie Dassler and Kate Parker Horigan
£17.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Floods
Book SynopsisIn developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable disasters under safe control. This book shows that this is simply not so, and that floods are anything but controlled.Trade Review"...the book represents a comprehensive view of flood hazard,vulnerability and mitigation which will form an invaluable guidefor undergraduate teaching...", , , Earth Surface Processes &Landforms, Volume 24, Number 6#"...a broad and very readabletext.....", , , Transactions of the Institute of BritishGeographers#Table of ContentsTHE FLOOD HAZARD IN CONTEXT. Floods: Physical Events and Natural Hazards. Impacts and Interpretations of Flood Hazard. PROCESSES OF FLOODING. River Floods: Geophysical Processes. River Floods: Spatial Characteristics. Coastal Floods. Flood Estimation. RESPONSES TO THE FLOOD HAZARD. Flood Defence. Flood Forecasting and Warning. Mitigating and Managing Flood Losses. Outlook. Appendix. References. Index.
£188.06
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Era of Great Disasters
Book SynopsisExamines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, and city levels, and finally the evolving efforts of rebuilding and preparing for the next great disaster in the hopes of minimizing their tragic effects.
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Pluto Press Redefining Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThe issues surrounding disaster relief where decisions are driven by capitalist forcesTrade Review'A roller-coaster ride through competing theories of linguistics, ecological philosophy, economics and redistributive justice' -- Green SocialistTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Rich Wage War, the Poor Die 2. Polite Meaningless Words 3. All Nature Is But Art 4. Opportunities Legally Monopolised 5. Si Quid Usquam Iustitia 6. Everlasting Groans Abbreviations References
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Holt McDougal The White Cascade The Great Northern Railway
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University of Pittsburgh Press Slick Policy
Book SynopsisIn January 1969, the blowout on an offshore oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and the resulting oil spill proved to be a transformative event in pollution control and the nascent environmental activism movement.Trade ReviewA history of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969 and its impact is an important addition to the historiography of American environmentalism. Spezio has done a good job of providing a close history of the spill while effectively contextualizing a number of issues including: offshore oil drilling, pollution technology, and water law. This volume will be of great interest to environmental historians and general readers interested in environmental politics and policy."" - Robert D. Lifset, University of Oklahoma
£38.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Handbook on Humanitarian Crises
£205.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Coastal Storms
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to coastal storms and their associated impacts Coastal Storms offers students and professionals in the field a comprehensive overview and groundbreaking text that is specifically devoted to the analysis of coastal storms. Based on the most recent knowledge and contributions from leading researchers, the text examines coastal storms' processes and characteristics, the main hazards (such as overwash, inundation and flooding, erosion, structures overtopping), and how to monitor and model storms. The authors include information on the most advanced innovations in forecasting, prediction, and early warning, which serves as a foundation for accurate risk evaluation and developing adequate coastal indicators and management options. In addition, structural overtopping and damage are explained, taking into account the involved hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes. The monitoring methods of coastal storms are analyzed based on recenTable of ContentsList of Contributors xi Series Foreword xv Introduction xvii Acknowledgments xix 1 Coastal Storm Definition 1Mitchell Harley 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1 The challenge of defining coastal storms 4 1.1.2 A general coastal storm definition 7 1.1.3 Approaches to assessing coastal storminess 8 1.2 Synoptic systems and coastal storms 9 1.2.1 Tropical cyclones 9 1.2.2 Extra-tropical cyclones 10 1.2.3 Storm surge 11 1.3 Statistical approaches to identifying coastal storms 12 1.3.1 Coastal storm events from wave time-series 12 1.3.2 Coastal storm events from water-level time-series 15 1.3.3 Indicators of coastal storm severity 16 1.4 Conclusion 18 References 19 2 Hydrodynamics Under Storm Conditions 23Xavier Bertin, Maitane Olabarrieta and Robert McCall 2.1 General introduction 23 2.2 Storm surges 23 2.2.1 Introduction 23 2.2.2 Governing equations 24 2.3 Hydrodynamics of the surf zone during storms 31 2.3.1 Introduction 31 2.3.2 Longshore currents 31 2.3.3 Bed return flows 32 2.3.4 Infragravity waves 33 2.3.5 Swash zone dynamics 35 2.4 Conclusions and future challenges 38 Acknowledgements 38 References 39 3 Sediment Transport Under Storm Conditions on Sandy Beaches 45Troels Aagaard and Aart Kroon 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Morphological consequences of coastal storms 46 3.3 Sediment transport processes during storms 48 3.4 Observations of sediment transport on the upper shoreface during storm events 53 3.5 Observations of sediment transport on the lower shoreface during storm events 58 3.6 Conclusions 60 Acknowledgements 60 References 60 4 Examples of Storm Impacts on Barrier Islands 65Nathaniel Plant, Kara Doran and Hilary Stockdon 4.1 Introduction 65 4.2 Barrier island response to storms 66 4.3 Quantifying the changes due to specific storms 70 4.4 Resilience 75 4.5 Summary 76 Acknowledgements 77 References 77 5 Storm Impacts on the Morphology and Sedimentology of Open-coast Tidal Flats 81Ping Wang and Jun Cheng 5.1 Introduction 81 5.2 Sedimentologic characteristics 83 5.3 Erosion-deposition processes and morphodynamics of open-coast tidal flat 88 5.4 Conclusions 96 References 96 6 Storm Impacts on Cliffed Coastlines 99Sue Brooks and Tom Spencer 6.1 Introduction 99 6.2 Methodologies and their application 104 6.3 Storminess and the cliff record 106 6.4 Case study: Soft rock cliff geology and responses to storms 110 6.5 Modelling shoreline retreat for cliffed coasts and the incorporation of storminess 115 6.6 Future storm impacts on clifflines under accelerated sea-level rise and changing storminess 117 6.7 Conclusions 119 Acknowledgements 119 References 119 7 Storms in Coral Reefs 127Ana Vila-Concejo and Paul Kench 7.1 Introduction 127 7.2 Geomorphic units of reefs 129 7.2.1 Reefs as ecomorphodynamic structures 130 7.2.2 Unique interactions of storm waves with coral reefs 132 7.3 Storms on the forereef: Role of spurs and grooves 134 7.3.1 Destructive effects of storms in the forereef and spur and groove 135 7.3.2 Constructive effects of storms in the forereef 136 7.4 Storms on the reef flats: Development of rubble flats and rubble spits 136 7.4.1 Waves on the reef flats 136 7.4.2 Destructive effects of storms on reef flats 136 7.4.3 Constructive effects of storms on reef flats 137 7.5 Storms on the backreef: Sand aprons, reef islands and beaches 139 7.5.1 Sand aprons 139 7.5.2 Reef islands 139 7.6 Conclusion 145 Acknowledgements 145 References 145 8 Storm Clustering and Beach Response 151Nadia Senechal, Bruno Castelle and Karin R. Bryan 8.1 Introduction 151 8.2 Storm clustering: Genesis and definitions 153 8.2.1 Genesis 153 8.2.2 Definitions 154 8.3 Approaches used to assess storm clustering impact on coasts 156 8.3.1 Data collection 156 8.3.2 Numerical models 157 8.4 Beach response to storm cluster 159 8.4.1 Bar dynamics under storm clustering 159 8.4.2 Morphological feedback 160 8.4.3 The dynamic equilibrium concept 162 8.4.4 Water level 164 8.4.5 Recovery periods 165 8.5 Conclusions 167 References 167 9 Overwash Processes: Lessons from Fieldwork and Laboratory Experiments 175Ana Matias and Gerhard Masselink 9.1 Introduction 175 9.1.1 Overwash definition 175 9.1.2 Occurrence of overwash 177 9.1.3 Relevance of overwash 180 9.2 Methods to study overwash processes 180 9.2.1 Fieldwork measurements 180 9.2.2 Laboratory experiments 181 9.3 Hydrodynamic processes during overwash 183 9.3.1 Oceanographic conditions 183 9.3.2 Hydraulics of overwash flows 183 9.4 Morpho-sedimentary dynamics by overwash processes 185 9.4.1 Morphological changes induced by overwash 185 9.4.2 Morphodynamic processes during overwash 187 9.5 Conclusion 189 Acknowledgements 190 References 190 10 Modeling the Morphological Impacts of Coastal Storms 195Ap van Dongeren, Dano Roelvink, Robert McCall, Kees Nederhoff and Arnold van Rooijen 10.1 Introduction 195 10.1.1 Empirical models 196 10.1.2 Process-based models 197 10.1.3 Process-model applications 201 10.1.4 Operational models 209 10.2 Outlook 209 Acknowledgements 210 References 210 11 Preparing for the Impact of Coastal Storms: A Coastal Manager-oriented Approach 217José Jiménez, Clara Armaroli and Eva Bosom 11.1 Introduction 217 11.2 Coastal vulnerability assessment framework 219 11.2.1 General framework 219 11.2.2 How to characterize storm-induced hazards 219 11.2.3 How to measure the vulnerability 221 11.2.4 How to select the probability to be analyzed 222 11.2.5 The Catalonia coastal vulnerability assessment framework 223 11.3 Coastal early warning systems 227 11.3.1 Generalities 227 11.3.2 Coastal EWSs 228 11.3.3 The Emilia-Romagna coastal early warning system 228 11.4 Conclusion 234 Acknowledgements 235 References 235 12 Assessing Storm Erosion Hazards 241Roshanka Ranasinghe and David Callaghan 12.1 Introduction 241 12.2 The diagnostic conundrum 242 12.3 Quantifying storm erosion volumes for coastal management/planning 243 12.3.1 Coastal profile model application with Extrapolated Wave Exceedance Characteristics (EWEC) 243 12.3.2 Coastal profile model application with the Synthetic Design Storm (SDS) approach 245 12.3.3 The Joint Probability Method (JPM) approach 246 12.3.4 Corbella and Stretch (CS) approach 248 12.4 Application of storm erosion volume estimates in coastal management/planning 250 12.5 Conclusions and recommendations 251 Acknowledgments 254 References 254 Conclusions and Future Perspectives 257 Index 259
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Facing Hydrometeorological Extreme Events
Book SynopsisProvides an understanding of the relationship between social-ecological systems and multilevel governance so that readers can properly deal with hydrometeorological extreme events and hazards Based on field investigations from EU research projects, this book is the first to devote itself to scientific and policy-related knowledge concerning climate change-induced extreme events. It depicts national and international strategies, as well as tools used to improve multilevel governance for the management of hydrometeorological risks. It also demonstrates how these strategies play out over different scales of the decision-making processes. Facing Hydrometeorological Extreme Events: A Governance Issue offers comprehensive coverage of such events as floods, droughts, coastal storms, and wind storms. It showcases real-life success stories of multilevel governance and highlights the individuals involved and the resources mobilized in the decision-making processes.Table of ContentsList of Contributors xvii Editors xxi The Series Editor xxiii Series Preface xxv Part I: Introduction 1 1 Governance Challenges Facing Hydrometeorological Extreme Events 3Isabelle La Jeunesse and Corinne Larrue 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Facing hydrometeorological extreme events 3 1.3 Floods 5 1.4 Drought 8 1.5 Coastal storms 11 1.6 Governance issues related to hydrometeorological extreme events 15 Notes 19 References 20 2 Overview of the Content of the Book 23Isabelle La Jeunesse and Corinne Larrue 2.1 Floods 24 2.2 Droughts 24 2.3 Coastal storms 24 Part II: Floods 27 II.1: Actors Involved in Flood Risk Management 29 3 European Actors Facing Floods Risks 31Thomas Schellenberger 3.1 European actors in the field of civil security: A competence which develops within a strict framework of cooperation between the Member States 32 3.2 European actors in the field of the environment: Powers that are paradoxically limited 34 3.3 European actors in the field of agriculture: Could there be specific powers to deal with floods? 37 3.4 Conclusion 39 Notes 39 References 40 4 Multi‐actor, Multilevel Assessment of Social Capacity for Community Engagement in Flood Risk Preparedness: Results of Implementation in Five European Cases 41Lila Oriard Colin 4.1 Introduction 41 4.2 Social capacity building framework for community engagement 44 4.3 The capacity assessment tool 46 4.4 Indicators and case findings 47 4.5 Conclusions 52 References 53 II.2: Strategies, Instruments, and Resources Used to Face Floods 55 5 Flood Risks Perceptions and Goals/Ambitions 57Ann Crabbé 5.1 Introduction 57 5.2 The problem stream: Perceptions on increased flood risks 58 5.3 The policy stream: Perceptions on the solutions needed to deal with increased flood risks 60 5.4 The political stream: Willingness to take action 62 5.5 International policies 63 5.6 European directives and policy documents 64 5.7 Experiences with flood risk management in other countries 65 5.8 Research on impacts and adaptation 65 5.9 Economic costs (of inaction) 65 5.10 Facilitating factors 66 5.11 Factors contributing to agenda‐setting 66 5.12 Conclusions 66 Note 68 References 68 6 Instruments for Strategies to Face Floods through Prevention, Mitigation, and Preparation in Europe: The Age of Alignment 71Mathilde Gralepois 6.1 Introduction 71 6.2 Conceptual framework 75 6.3 Comparison. Similarities and differences in flood instruments’ implementation in Europe 77 6.4 Discussion. Political effects, power relations, and governance choices in flood management: What do flood instruments teach? 86 6.5 Conclusion 94 Notes 94 References 95 II.3: Lessons from Cases of Flood Governance 99 7 A House of Cards: The Challenge of Establishing Societal Resilience to Flooding Through Multi‐Layered Governance in England 101Meghan Alexander and Sally Priest 7.1 Introduction 101 7.2 Deciphering multi‐layered governance 102 7.3 Methodology 103 7.4 Flood‐risk governance and implications for societal resilience 105 7.5 Reflections on the ‘house of cards’ of flood risk governance 110 Notes 111 References 111 8 Understanding Dutch Flood‐Risk Management: Principles and Pitfalls 115Mark Wiering 8.1 Introduction 115 8.2 Historical background 116 8.3 The concept of public interest 117 8.4 Solidarity and subsidiarity 117 8.5 Resilience 120 8.6 Challenges and pitfalls 120 8.7 Conclusion and recommendations 121 References 123 9 Flood Governance in France: From Hegemony to Diversity in the French Flood‐Risk Management Actors’ Network 125Marie Fournier 9.1 Flood‐risk management governance: A stakeholders’ network still dominated by central government and municipalities 126 9.2 Inter‐municipalities as new players within the French FRM governance 131 9.3 Where are citizens in FRM? 134 9.4 Conclusion 138 Notes 138 References 139 10 Flood‐Risk Governance in Belgium: Towards a Resilient, Efficient, and Legitimate Arrangement? 141Hannelore Mees 10.1 Introduction 141 10.2 Evaluation framework 142 10.3 Methods 144 10.4 Flood risk governance in Belgium 144 10.5 Comparing intra‐state developments 145 10.6 Evaluating resilience, efficiency, and legitimacy 149 10.7 Conclusion 152 Notes 153 References 153 Part III: Droughts 157 III.1: Actors Involved in Drought Risk Management 159 11 European Actors and Institutions Involved in Water Scarcity and Drought Policy 161Ulf Stein and Ruta Landgrebe 11.1 Introduction 161 11.2 Actors in the European Union related to WS&D policy 162 11.3 Roles and powers of European actors and institutions involved in WS&D policy 163 11.4 Mapping European actors and institutions involved in WS&D policy 165 11.5 Discussion 167 11.6 Conclusion 169 References 169 12 National and Local Actors of Drought Governance in Europe: A Comparative Review of Six Cases from North‐West Europe 171Gül Özerol 12.1 Introduction 171 12.2 Methodology 172 12.3 Assessment of the national and local actors of drought governance 174 12.4 Conclusions and recommendations 182 References 186 III.2: Strategies, Instruments, and Resources Used to Face Droughts 189 13 Awareness of Drought Impacts in Europe: The Cause or the Consequence of the Level of Goal Ambitions? 191Isabelle La Jeunesse 13.1 Introduction 191 13.2 Drought governance analysis based on two methodological approaches 192 13.3 Case studies in NWE 194 13.4 Case studies in the Mediterranean region 196 13.5 Drought perceptions and goal ambitions in NWE 197 13.6 Drought perceptions and goal ambitions in the Mediterranean region 198 13.7 Conclusions 199 Acknowledgements 201 References 201 14 Strategies and Instruments to Face Drought and Water Scarcity 203Hans Bressers, Nanny Bressers, and Stefan Kuks 14.1 Introduction 203 14.2 Reactive measures 205 14.3 Preventive measures 208 14.4 Adaptive measures 210 14.5 Supportive measures 212 14.6 Discussion and overview 215 References 217 III.3: Lessons from Cases of Droughts Governance 219 15 Multilevel Governance for Drought Management in Flanders: Using a Centralized and Data Driven Approach 221Jenny Tröltzsch 15.1 Introduction 221 15.2 Water management in Flanders 222 15.3 Past and future drought events 224 15.4 Governance dimensions for Flemish drought management 225 15.5 Summary and recommendations 229 Notes 231 References 231 16 Drought Governance in the Eifel‐Rur Region: The Interplay of Fixed Frameworks and Strong Working Relationships 233Rodrigo Vidaurre 16.1 Introduction 233 16.2 The water resources system in the Eifel‐Rur region 234 16.3 Beyond the water board: The role of other governance levels in Eifel‐Rur’s water management 236 16.4 The drought perspective on Eifel‐Rur’s water governance 237 16.5 Conclusions: Factors for current and future success 241 Notes 243 References 244 17 Adaptation of Water Management to Face Drought and Water Scarcity: Lessons Learned from Two Italian Case Studies 245Claudia Cirelli and Isabelle La Jeunesse 17.1 Introduction 245 17.2 Water management in Italy and the autonomous regime 246 17.3 The Rio Mannu catchment 248 17.4 The Noce catchment 249 17.5 Comparative analysis and discussion 251 17.6 Conclusions 256 Acknowledgements 257 Notes 258 References 258 18 Power Asymmetries, Migrant Agricultural Labour, and Adaptation Governance in Turkey: A Political Ecology of Double Exposures 261Ethemcan Turhan, Giorgos Kallis, and Christos Zografos 18.1 Introduction 261 18.2 Double Exposures and political ecology of vulnerability 263 18.3 Case study and methods 265 18.4 A political ecology of Double Exposure in Kapı village 268 18.5 Discussion 273 18.6 Conclusion 275 Acknowledgements 276 Notes 276 References 277 19 Drought Governance in Catalonia: Lessons Learnt? 283Alba Ballester and Abel La Calle 19.1 Introduction 283 19.2 Drought management in Spain 284 19.3 Drought management in Catalonia 287 19.4 Drought crisis in Catalonia 2007–2008 289 19.5 Drought planning in Catalonia after the crisis 296 19.6 Deliberative public participation in drought management: Need, obligation, and opportunity 298 19.7 Conclusions 299 Notes 299 References 299 20 What Could Change Drought Governance in Europe?: A Comparative Analysis between Two Case Studies in France and the UK 301Isabelle La Jeunesse, Hans Bressers, and Alison Browne 20.1 Introduction 301 20.2 Vilaine catchment and Arzal dam 302 20.3 Somerset Levels and moors 303 20.4 Methodology 303 20.5 Results and discussion 306 20.6 Conclusions 310 Acknowledgements 311 References 311 Part IV: Coastal and Wind Storms 313 IV.1: Actors Involved in Coastal Risks Prevention and Management 315 21 Sustainable Communities and Multilevel Governance in the Age of Coastal Storms 317Yves Henocque 21.1 Introduction: Addressing a social‐ecological system 317 21.2 Harmonizing coastal management, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation goals through meaningful public participation 318 21.3 As a response, are national climate change strategies efficient enough? 322 21.4 Key principles and responses for building sustainable, hazard‐resilient communities 327 21.5 Conclusion: ‘Hazard‐resilient’ communities vs. ‘waves of adversity’ 335 Notes 336 References 337 IV.2: Strategies, Instruments, and Resources Used to Face Coastal Risks Prevention 339 22 European Challenges to Coastal Management from Storm Surges: Problem‐Structuring Framework and Actors Implicated in Responses 341Suzanne Boyes and Michael Elliott 22.1 Storm surge threats in European coasts 341 22.2 European governance 346 22.3 Discussion and conclusions 354 22.4 Conclusions 357 References 358 23 Perceptions of Extreme Coastal Events: The Case of the French Atlantic and Mediterranean Coasts 363Lydie Goeldner‐Gianella and Esmeralda Longépée 23.1 Contemporary society is increasingly unaware of risks related to the sea 365 23.2 Multiple factors behind the gradual dwindling of the ‘culture of coastal risks’ 374 23.3 What recommendations for public policy emerge from this research into the perceptions and representations of risks? 382 23.4 Conclusion 387 Acknowledgements 387 Notes 387 References 388 IV.3: Lessons from Cases of Coastal Risks Governance 391 24 After Xynthia on the Atlantic Coast of France: Preventive Adaptation Methods 393Denis Mercier, Axel Creach, Elie Chevillot‐Miot, and Sophie Pardo 24.1 Introduction 393 24.2 A normal storm in terms of natural hazard but a major coastal flood due to the concomitance of the meteorological and marine agents 394 24.3 A tragic human and expensive material toll due to the addition of natural factors and management issues 396 24.4 Post‐Xynthia policy: A new strategy for coastal management in France 397 24.5 Life‐saving maps: New geographical tools for a better coastal management 400 24.6 Discussion about these different methods 405 24.7 Conclusion 407 Acknowledgements 408 References 408 25 Coastal Flooding and Storm Surges: How to Improve the Operational Response of the Risk Management Authorities: An Example of the CRISSIS Research Program on the French Coast of Languedoc 413Brice Anselme, Paul Durand, and Alexandre Nicolae‐Lerma 25.1 Introduction 413 25.2 The coastal flood hazard and its likely evolution 417 25.3 Vulnerability of the stakes 420 25.4 Social representations and perceptions of the coastal flooding risk 423 25.5 Crisis management 425 25.6 Conclusion 428 References 430 26 Lessons Learnt from Coastal Risks Governance on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, France 433Virginie K.E. Duvat and Alexandre K. Magnan 26.1 Introduction 433 26.2 Context of the study 435 26.3 Impacts of TC Bejisa and post‐cyclone stakeholders’ responses 442 26.4 Key findings and challenges for adaptation to climate change 452 26.5 Conclusion 455 Acknowledgements 457 References 457 27 Lessons from Cases of Coastal Risks Governance in the United Kingdom 461Brian Golding, Thomas Waite, and Virginia Murray 27.1 Introduction: Windstorms and their impacts in the UK 461 27.2 Events that have shaped governance of natural disasters in the UK 464 27.3 New developments in the warning environment 471 27.4 How the warning systems work now 473 27.5 Current and future issues 477 References 479 Part V: Conclusions, Perspectives 483 28 Hydrometeorological Extreme Events’ Effects on Populations: A Cognitive Insight on Post‐Traumatic Growth, Resilience Processes and Mental Well‐Being 485Mauro Galluccio 28.1 Introduction 485 28.2 Resilient ecological systems for a psychological concept 487 28.3 Psychosocial factors and post‐traumatic growth 487 28.4 Building resilience to mitigate social vulnerability 488 28.5 Post‐traumatic growth: Training for preventive psychological strategies 490 28.6 Modern initiatives to coordinate a global governance 491 28.7 The EU coordination to build up integrated resilient governance to decrease impacts on health and wellbeing due to hydrometeorological extreme events 494 28.8 Elements of conclusion 495 References 496 29 Overview of Multilevel Governance Strategies for Hydrometeorological Extreme Events 499Corinne Larrue and Isabelle La Jeunesse 29.1 Governance specificities depending on hydrometeorological extreme events 500 29.2 Actor systems facing hydrometeorological extreme events 502 29.3 Perception and strategies 504 Note 504 Index 505
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Temple University Press,U.S. Policing in Natural Disasters
Book SynopsisWhen natural disasters and emergencies strike, the short- and long-term effects of these events on first respondersthe very people society relies upon in the midst of a catastropheare often overlooked. Policing in Natural Disasters provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges faced by law enforcement officers during extreme crisis events. Terri Adams and Leigh Anderson examine the dilemmas police departments face as well as the impact of the disasters on the professional and personal lives of the officers. Case studies explore the response and recovery phases of emergencies including Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Santiago, Chile, and the Superstorm Tornado Outbreak in 2011. Policing in Natural Disasters was inspired by the personal accounts of triumph and tragedy shared by first responders. It provides an understanding of first-responder behaviors during disasters, as well as the preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery policy impl
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Temple University Press,U.S. Policing in Natural Disasters
Book SynopsisWhen natural disasters and emergencies strike, the short- and long-term effects of these events on first respondersthe very people society relies upon in the midst of a catastropheare often overlooked. Policing in Natural Disasters provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges faced by law enforcement officers during extreme crisis events. Terri Adams and Leigh Anderson examine the dilemmas police departments face as well as the impact of the disasters on the professional and personal lives of the officers. Case studies explore the response and recovery phases of emergencies including Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Santiago, Chile, and the Superstorm Tornado Outbreak in 2011. Policing in Natural Disasters was inspired by the personal accounts of triumph and tragedy shared by first responders. It provides an understanding of first-responder behaviors during disasters, as well as the preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery policy impl
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Bristol University Press Spatial Planning and Resilience Following
Book SynopsisInternational contributors from academia, research, policy and practice use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends.Trade Review“In times of growing awareness on the crucial role of spatial planning in disaster recovery and resilience building this book meets the challenge outstandingly by bringing together prominent contributors from academia, research and policy-making to judge remediation efforts after calamities with an indelible imprint on human history." Sapountzaki Kalliopi, Harokopio University, GreeceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Disaster response and spatial planning – key challenges and strategies ~ Stefan Greiving; PART A; I. Japan; Disaster risk management and land use in Japan: In geography vulnerable to water-related disasters ~ Kanako Iuchi; Spatial Planning Control for Housing Recovery after Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Tamiyo Kondo; Reconstruction plans and planning processes after the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Michio Ubaura; II. Indonesia; Land use politics after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 ~ Togu Pardede; Coastal resilience in Indonesia: From plan to implementation ~ Surtiari, G.A.K ., Garschagen, M ., Birkmann , J., Setiadi, N ., Manuati, Y; III. USA; Planning for resilience in the New York metro region after Superstorm Sandy ~ Donovan Finn; IV. Slovakia; Spatial planning focusing on risk management in Slovakia ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jan Dzurdženík; Enhancement of flood management and flood-protection planning in Eastern Slovakia ~ Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar; V. Germany; Flood risk management by spatial planning ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau; Major-accident hazards in spatial planning ~ Nadine Mägdefrau; Cross-Analysis of Part A ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; PART B; Planning systems for risk reduction and issues in pre-disaster implementation ~ Kanako Iuchi; Efforts and limitations in spatial transformation after disasters ~ Michio Ubaur; Role of coordination in building spatial resilience after disasters ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar, Ján Dzurdženík; Residents’ participation in rebuilding more resilient space ~ Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; Spatial planning and uncertainties associated with future disasters ~ Stefan Greiving; Conclusion: Change-proof cities and regions – an integrated concept for tackling key challenges for spatial development ~ Stefan Greiving, Kanako Iuchi, Jaroslav Tesliar, Michio Ubaura.
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Bristol University Press Spatial Planning and Resilience Following
Book SynopsisInternational contributors from academia, research, policy and practice use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends.Trade Review“In times of growing awareness on the crucial role of spatial planning in disaster recovery and resilience building this book meets the challenge outstandingly by bringing together prominent contributors from academia, research and policy-making to judge remediation efforts after calamities with an indelible imprint on human history." Sapountzaki Kalliopi, Harokopio University, GreeceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Disaster response and spatial planning – key challenges and strategies ~ Stefan Greiving; PART A; I. Japan; Disaster risk management and land use in Japan: In geography vulnerable to water-related disasters ~ Kanako Iuchi; Spatial Planning Control for Housing Recovery after Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Tamiyo Kondo; Reconstruction plans and planning processes after the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Michio Ubaura; II. Indonesia; Land use politics after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 ~ Togu Pardede; Coastal resilience in Indonesia: From plan to implementation ~ Surtiari, G.A.K ., Garschagen, M ., Birkmann , J., Setiadi, N ., Manuati, Y; III. USA; Planning for resilience in the New York metro region after Superstorm Sandy ~ Donovan Finn; IV. Slovakia; Spatial planning focusing on risk management in Slovakia ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jan Dzurdženík; Enhancement of flood management and flood-protection planning in Eastern Slovakia ~ Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar; V. Germany; Flood risk management by spatial planning ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau; Major-accident hazards in spatial planning ~ Nadine Mägdefrau; Cross-Analysis of Part A ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; PART B; Planning systems for risk reduction and issues in pre-disaster implementation ~ Kanako Iuchi; Efforts and limitations in spatial transformation after disasters ~ Michio Ubaur; Role of coordination in building spatial resilience after disasters ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar, Ján Dzurdženík; Residents’ participation in rebuilding more resilient space ~ Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; Spatial planning and uncertainties associated with future disasters ~ Stefan Greiving; Conclusion: Change-proof cities and regions – an integrated concept for tackling key challenges for spatial development ~ Stefan Greiving, Kanako Iuchi, Jaroslav Tesliar, Michio Ubaura.
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Arcadia Publishing Outer Banks Shipwrecks
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Atria Books What Stands in a Storm A True Story of Love and
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Wasnt That a Mighty Day African American Blues
Book SynopsisTakes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the tragic events that occurred before the mid-1950s.
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Bristol University Press Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics:
Book SynopsisFrom earthquakes to oil spills, Italy is recurrently affected by different kinds of disasters. This book brings a critical perspective to post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, which can impact in both the short- and long- term upon society, politics and organizations. It is often assumed that disaster-hit areas return to normality or even 'build back better' thanks to the interventions of experts. Giuseppe Forino considers the complexities of disaster recovery and the sometimes radical changes in individual and collective behaviours that persist following such events. Bringing together the impacts of natural hazards (including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic), this edited book will stimulate debate on policy and practice in disaster recovery.Table of ContentsIntroduction – An Overview of the Book: Beyond Conventional Approaches to Disaster Recovery - Giuseppe Forino Part 1: Making Sense of Post-disaster Changes in Society and Space 1. Risk Perception, Climate Change and Disasters of the Alpine Environments: The Mont de La Saxe Landslide - Elisabetta Dall’Ò 2. The Isolation of the Island: The Social Impasse in Ischia after the Earthquake and Tourism Crises (2017–22) - Giovanni Gugg 3. The Permanent Red Zone: An Ethnography of Spatial Practices in the Areas of the Italian Central Apennines Affected by Earthquakes (2016–17) - Enrico Mariani 4. Adaptive Disaster Memories: Voices from the Post-earthquake Irpinia (23 November 1980) - Gabriele Ivo Moscaritolo Part 2: Post-disaster Politics 5. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Ladder of Power: Local Politics and Society in Italy - Pietro Saitta 6. Afar from Vesuvius but Still at Risk: The Unstoppable Urbanization of the Naples Volcano’s Yellow Zone - Giovanni Gugg 7. Local Communities as Strangers In-between: The Paradigm of Aleatory Politics in Post-earthquake Central Italy (2016–17) - Francesco Danesi della Sala Part 3: Disasters and Conflicting Knowledges 8. Under the Smart City Paradigm: The Social and Spatial Transformation of L’Aquila City Centre - Isabella Tomassi 9. Expertise Versus Aspiration: Ethnography of Post-earthquake Reconstruction in Emilia (Italy) - Silvia Pitzalis 10. Local and Professional Knowledge in Post-disaster Reconstruction: Overlaps and Differences in Maierato (Calabria, Southern Italy) - Francesco De Pascale and Loredana Antronico Part 4: Organizations Adapting to Post-disaster Changes 11. Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Distance Learning Experience of the University of Milan-Bicocca - Sara Zizzari and Brunella Fiore 12. The National and Local Dimension of the Italian Civil Protection System: Evolution and Implementation of DRR Policies - Monia Del Pinto, Ksenia Chmutina, Lee Bosher and Garyfalia (Falli) Palaiologou 13. When the Unexpected Becomes Frequent - Mattia Bertin 14. Conclusions: The ‘Italian Case’ from a Global Disaster Perspective - Giuseppe Forino
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Basic Books The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of
Book SynopsisPandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of dreadful, abandoned cities and returning to the land in a desperate attempt at survival.In The Next Apocalypse, archaeologist Chris Begley argues that we completely misunderstand how disaster works. Examining past collapses of civilizations, such as the Maya and Rome, he argues that these breakdowns are actually less about cataclysmic destruction than they are about long processes of change. In short: it's what happens after the initial uproar that matters. Some people abandon their homes and neighbors; others band together to start anew. As we anticipate our own fate, Begley tells us that it was communities, not lone heroes, who survived past apocalypses-and who will survive the next.Fusing archaeology, survivalism, and social criticism, The Next Apocalypse is an essential read for anxious times.
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Michigan State University Press How to Think About Catastrophe: Toward a Theory
Book SynopsisDuring the last century humanity acquired the ability to destroy itself. The direct approach to destruction can be seen in such facts as the ever-present threat of nuclear war, but we have also developed the capacity to do indirect harm by altering conditions necessary for survival, including the looming cloud of climate change. How can we look forward and work past the dire position we now find ourselves in to achieve a sustainable future? This volume presents a new way of thinking about the future as it examines catastrophe and the human response. It examines different kinds of catastrophes that range from natural (e.g., earthquakes) to industrial (e.g., Chernobyl) and concludes that the traditional distinctions between them are only becoming blurrier by the day. This book aims to build a general theory of catastrophes—a new form of apocalyptic thinking that is grounded in science and philosophy. An ethics for the sake of the future is what is required, which in turn necessitates a new metaphysics of temporality. If a way out of the imminent danger in which we find ourselves is to be found, we must first look to radically alter our ethics.
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Arcadia Publishing The Wyoming Blizzard of 1949 Surviving the Storm
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Noah Myth in Twenty-First-Century Cli-Fi
Book SynopsisBreaks new ground by both analyzing the literary qualities of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth and contextualizing their concern with climate change within the wider crises of the Anthropocene. With the rise of concern about global warming in recent years, climate-change fiction, or cli-fi, has become increasingly important both as a publishing phenomenon and as an area of academic study and research. Flood narratives have become a subsection of cli-fi in their own right. This book proposes new readings of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth, Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich, Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy, When the Floods Came by Clare Morrall, and The Flood by Maggie Gee. Helen E. Mundler's book takes into account the wealth of criticism that has appeared on these texts in recent years, acknowledging important contributions from critics including Adam Trexler, Adeline Johns-Putra, and Astrid Bracke. However, her book's strength is that it takes a new approach, going beyond the topicality of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1: An Odd Sort of Cli-Fi? Nathaniel Rich's Odds Against Tomorrow 2: "Hadn't mankind done it before-started from scratch?" Reinterpreting Visions of Past and Future in Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy 3: Watering Down? Clare Morrall's When the Floods Came 4: The Archive and After: A Kaleidoscopic Reading of Maggie Gee's The Flood Conclusion Works Cited Index
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Island Press Flames of Extinction: The Race to Save
Book SynopsisIn the early months of 2020, the world’s attention was riveted on Australia, where the nation’s iconic wildlife fought for survival in the face of unprecedented wildfires. Images of koalas drinking from firefighters’ water bottles went viral and became the global face of a catastrophe that would kill as many as three billion animals. Known as the Black Summer, the fire season was responsible for more wildlife deaths and near-extinctions than any other single event in Australian history. Flames of Extinction, written by a journalist at the heart of this news coverage, is the first book to tell the stories of Australia’s record-setting fires, focusing on the wild animals and plants that will be forever changed. As news of the fires spread around the world, journalist John Pickrell was inundated with requests for articles about the danger to Australia’s wildlife. The picture seemed grim, from charred koalas to flames that burned so hot not even animal skeletons remained. But Pickrell’s reporting exposed a larger picture of hope. Flames of Extinction tells the story of the scientists, wildlife rehabilitators, and community members who came together to save wildlife and protect them in the future. As climate change intensifies and devastating wildfires become more commonplace, Australia’s Black Summer offers a poignant warning to the rest of the world. Through evocative and urgent storytelling, Flames of Extinction puts readers on the ground to witness the aftermath of one of Australia’s greatest tragedies and inside the inspiring effort to save lives.Trade Review"A carefully researched and deeply empathetic portrayal of the battle to save Australia's precious wildlife as we cook our planet. Fascinating and essential."--Gaia Vince, author of Adventures in the Anthropocene "Pickrell tells a series of deep and compelling stories of resilience and recovery, finding hope amid the ashes of the most disastrous bushfires in modern history. Through detailed research and vivid storytelling, he puts a face on the otherwise impossible-to-comprehend abstraction of three billion animal deaths. In each tale of these plants and animals' fight to survive, he also provides a map for humanity in our own endeavor to learn to live with an increasingly fiery planet."--Michael Kodas, author of Megafire and High Crimes "The story of Australia's devastating holocaust and how we must stop it happening again. It's up to us."--Robyn Williams, host of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Science Show and Ockham's Razor "Powerful and compelling, Flames of Extinction should be read by all who cherish life on Earth."--Professor Chris Dickman, University of Sydney
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Liverpool University Press How to Write an Emergency Plan
Book SynopsisThe world is becoming more hazardous as natural and social processes combine to create complex situations of increased vulnerability and risk. There is increasing recognition that this trend is creating exigencies that must be dealt with. The common approach is to delegate the task of preparing an emergency plan to someone. Often that person is expected to get on with job but rarely is the means and instruction of how to write such a plan provided to them. There are a host of instances in which the letter of the law, not the spirit, is honoured by providing a token plan of little validity.David Alexander provides, in this book, the assistance needed to write an emergency plan. It is a practical ‘how to’ manual and guide aimed at managers in business, civil protection officers, civil security officials, civil defence commanders, neighbourhood leaders and disaster managers who have been tasked with writing, reviewing or preparing emergency plans for all kinds of emergency, disaster or catastrophe. He takes the reader through the process of writing an emergency plan, step by step, starting with the rationale and context, before moving on through the stages of writing and activating a basic, generic emergency plan and concludes with information on specific kinds of plan, for example, for hospitals and cultural heritage sites.This practical guide also provides a core for postgraduate training in emergency management and has been written in such a way that it is not tied to the legal constraints of any particular jurisdiction.Trade Review'In his third related publication, How to Write an Emergency Plan, David Alexander once again provides an engaging and principles-based book, suitable for the novice and experienced emergency, disaster or crisis practitioner…In this book, Alexander not only considers the range of traditional circumstances, scenarios and hazard types (or sources) including natural hazards (fire and flood, for example) but extends to those that are less frequent, yet increasingly appearing on the risk profiles of governments. These include critical infrastructure failure, animal emergency diseases and human (public) health emergencies. In doing so, the book underlines the importance of acknowledging that while a type or classification of emergency, disaster and crisis may yield some common characteristics or indicate a consistent response, they are each different or unique and should be treated as such.Pleasingly, How to Write an Emergency Plan explores the contemporary process of identifying lessons and their translation to recommendations and practice. The value of a lessons-management approach cannot be underestimated and should feature as a component of all emergency, disaster or crisis management systems, plans and arrangements.Not satisfied with delivering a useful resource for an emergency, disaster or crisis planner, in his conclusion, Alexander looks forward and provides the reader with an insight as to how the role of a planner may be perceived under a variety of more than probable scenarios.I congratulate David Alexander on producing an very valuable resource and commend its reading to those with an emerging or established emergency, disaster or crisis planning role.' Australian Journal of Emergency Management‘Alexander’s (2016) newest book, How to Write an Emergency Plan, provides readers with practical advice about emergency planning. In this regard, the content of the book is as much about planning processes as it is about the content and structure of an emergency plan. This new book expands on Alexander’s previous work on the subject of emergency planning…While Alexander is a Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University of College London and a distinguished academic, his newest book is written for a lay audience and is intended to function as a guide for anyone, anywhere, who has a responsibility for emergency planning. The book is generally jargon free and key terms are defined and topics are properly introduced, making the book valuable for those without formal education or training relating to emergency management. While the book draws from both research and practice knowledge about emergency planning, the book is written in a conversational style with limited references to academic literature…Throughout the book, Alexander presents principles of practice that apply to emergency planning regardless of the context. The principles provide a concise summary of generic rules that should inform emergency planning. An example of a principle offered in the Introduction chapter is, “emergency planning is about helping to create a common language and culture, and common objectives, for the organizations and people who respond to emergencies” (Alexander, 2016, p. 7). Most but not all sections in the book offer one or more principles that help to summarize and reinforce key best practices.Overall, the book provides considerable guidance related to developing and writing an emergency plan. While noting that context matters and explaining how it matters (e.g., local hazards, legislation), Alexander’s approach to how to develop and write an emergency plan is for the most part, context-independent. Further, while the book recognizes mandated responsibility for emergency planning by civil authorities, the idea of emergency management as being a distributed function within society, with other entities (e.g., industry, schools) also having responsibility for emergency planning is acknowledged. In this regard, there is good value in Alexander’s newest book for a broad audience who have interest in or responsibility for emergency planning.’Recovery Diva, May 2017Table of ContentsContents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. Scope and objectives of this book; 2. What are emergencies? 3. What is an emergency plan? 4. The emergency planning process; 5. First step: background research; 6. Second step: scenario building; 7. Third Step: from scenarios to actions; 8. A note on the structure of the plan; 9. Fourth step: using the plan; 10. Planning to maintain the continuity of normal activities; 11. Specialized emergency planning; 12. Conclusion: the future of emergency planning. Afterword. Appendix 1: Glossary of working definitions by key terms. Appendix 2: Bibliography of selected references. Index.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic and Natural Disasters since 1900: A
Book SynopsisA crisis is a period of uncertainty that may or may not lead to disaster, depending in part on the capacity of actors to make sense of what is happening and respond effectively. Disasters in different spheres occur and recur at different speeds and in idiosyncratic ways, but in essence they follow the same pattern. In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle - a framework normally used in the context of natural disasters - is equally applicable to the analysis of other types of catastrophe.Employing a modified version of the disaster cycle framework to compare and analyse a range of catastrophes in different spheres, the author draws on ideas from a variety of disciplines including economics and economic history, disaster studies, management, and political science. This unique comparative approach presents case studies of several important disasters: Hurricane Katrina, the First World War, the depression of the early 1930s, Welsh coal mining accidents, the deadly effects of smoking tobacco, and the Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone catastrophe of the early twenty first century. The author argues that economists and economic policy makers routinely misuse the term crisis to describe episodes that ought to be called disasters.This accessible and fascinating exploration will appeal to students and scholars in economic history, disaster studies, management, public policy, and related disciplines. The comparison of crisis and disaster management is also essential reading for policy makers.Trade Review‘This is a richly researched book which offers a wealth of comparison on disasters in the twentieth and twenty-?rst centuries. It is an important book for academics in the humanities and social sciences and for specialists working in disaster studies.' -- Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsContents: The Disaster Cycle 2. Hurricane Katrina: A Classic Natural Disaster 3. The First World War 4. The Great Depression 5. Mining Disasters 6. Tobacco 7. The Twin Financial Disasters of the Early Twenty-first Century Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Natural Disasters
Book SynopsisThis timely new collection presents essential readings for those interested in the economics of natural disasters. It features influential articles on the macroeconomic and regional impacts of natural disasters, natural disaster vulnerability, resilience, recovery and adaptation. Topics covered include short-run and long-run economic impacts, poverty and vulnerability, emerging life-saving technologies, the role of government in fostering resilience and adaptation in response to disasters. Together with an original introduction by the editor, this volume will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers and policymakers alike.Trade Review‘Economics is both political economy and empirical, and this distinction has not been lost in Professor Skidmore’s edited book on the economics of natural disasters. This collection strikes a good balance between quantitative and non-quantitative studies as well as between the general and the particular. The volume will prove to be a necessary reference source about this controversial and highly relevant area of study.’ -- J.M. Albala-Bertrand, Queen Mary University of LondonTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Mark Skidmore PART I MACROECONOMIC AND REGIONAL IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS A. Growth Impacts 1. Mark Skidmore and Hideki Toya (2002), ‘Do Natural Disasters Promote Long-Run Growth?’, Economic Inquiry, 40 (4), October, 664–87 2. Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Jaroslava Hlouskova and Michael Obersteiner (2008), ‘Natural Disasters as Creative Destruction? Evidence from Developing Countries’, Economic Inquiry, 46 (2), April, 214–26 3. Ilan Noy (2009), ‘The Macroeconomic Consequences of Disasters’, Journal of Development Economics, 88 (2), March, 221–31 4. Eric Strobl (2012), ‘The Economic Growth Impact of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries: Evidence from Hurricane Strikes in the Central American and Caribbean Regions’, Journal of Development Economics, 97 (1), January, 130–41 5. Eduardo Cavallo, Sebastian Galiani, Ilan Noy and Juan Pantano (2013), ‘Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 95 (5), December, 1549–61 B. Instability, Monetary and Financial Flow Impacts 6. Kerry A. Odell and Marc D. Weidenmier (2004), ‘Real Shock, Monetary Aftershock: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and the Panic of 1907’, Journal of Economic History, 64 (4), December, 1002–27 7. Claudio Raddatz (2007), ‘Are External Shocks Responsible for the Instability of Output in Low-Income Countries?’, Journal of Development Economics, 84 (1), September, 155–87 8. Michael R. Carter, Peter D. Little, Tewodaj Mogues and Workneh Negatu (2007), ‘Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras’, World Development, 35 (5), May, 835–56 C. Regional Impacts 9. Adam Rose, Juan Benavides, Stephanie E. Chang, Philip Szczesniak and Dongsoon Lim (1997), ‘The Regional Economic Impact of an Earthquake: Direct and Indirect Effects of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions’, Journal of Regional Science, 37 (3), August, 437–58 10. Stéphane Hallegatte (2008), ‘An Adaptive Regional Input-Output Model and its Application to the Assessment of the Economic Cost of Katrina’, Risk Analysis, 28 (3), June, 779–99 PART II NATURAL DISASTER VULNERABILITY 11. Terry Cannon (1994), ‘Vulnerability Analysis and the Explanation of “Natural” Disasters’, in Ann Varley (ed.), Disasters, Development and Environment, Chapter 2, Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 13–30 12. Lino Briguglio (1995), ‘Small Island Developing States and Their Economic Vulnerabilities’, World Development, 23 (9), September, 1615–32 13. Mark Pelling and Juha I. Uitto (2001), ‘Small Island Developing States: Natural Disaster Vulnerability and Global Change’, Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards, 3 (2), June, 49–62 14. Irasema Alcántara-Ayala (2002), ‘Geomorphology, Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Prevention of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries’, Geomorphology: Geomorphology in the Public Eye: Political Issues, Education, and the Public, 47 (2–4), October, 107–24 15. Susan L. Cutter, Bryan J. Boruff and W. Lynn Shirley (2003), ‘Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards’, Social Science Quarterly, 84 (2), June, 242–61 16. Michael K. Lindell and Carla S. Prater (2003), ‘Assessing Community Impacts of Natural Disasters’, Natural Hazards Review, 4 (4), November, 176–85 17. Matthew E. Kahn (2005), ‘The Death Toll from Natural Disasters: The Role of Income, Geography, and Institutions’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 87 (2), May, 271–84 18. Nejat Anbarci, Monica Escaleras and Charles A. Register (2005), ‘Earthquake Fatalities: The Interaction of Nature and Political Economy’, Journal of Public Economics, 89 (9–10), September, 1907–33 19. Eric Neumayer and Thomas Plümper (2007), ‘The Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of Catastrophic Events on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981–2002’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 97 (3), February, 551–66 20. Hideki Toya and Mark Skidmore (2007), ‘Economic Development and the Impacts of Natural Disasters’, Economics Letters, 94 (1), January, 20–25 21. Michel Masozera, Melissa Bailey and Charles Kerchner (2007), ‘Distribution of Impacts of Natural Disasters across Income Groups: A Case Study of New Orleans’, Ecological Economics: Ecological Economics of Coastal Disasters–Coastal Disasters Special Section, 63 (2–3), August, 299–306 22. Derek K. Kellenberg and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (2008), ‘Does Rising Income Increase or Decrease Damage Risk from Natural Disasters?’, Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (3), May, 788–802 23. P.A. Raschky (2008), ‘Institutions and the Losses from Natural Disasters’, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8 (4), July, 627–34 24. Roger A. Pielke Jr., Joel Gratz, Christopher W. Landsea, Douglas Collins, Mark A. Saunders and Rade Musulin (2008), ‘Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005’, Natural Hazards Review, 9 (1), February, 29–42 25. Alvaro S. Pereira (2009), ‘The Opportunity of a Disaster: The Economic Impact of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake’, Journal of Economic History, 69 (2), June, 466–99 26. Mark Skidmore and Hideki Toya (2013), ‘Natural Disaster Impacts and Fiscal Decentralization’, Land Economics, 89 (1), February, 101–17 27. Richard Hornbeck and Suresh Naidu (2014), ‘When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South’, American Economic Review, 104 (3), March, 963–90 28. Daniel P. Aldrich and Yasuyuki Sawada (2015), ‘The Physical and Social Determinants of Mortality in the 3.11 Tsunami’, Social Science and Medicine, 124, January, 66–75 29. Hideki Toya and Mark Skidmore (2015), ‘Information/Communication Technology and Natural Disaster Vulnerability’, Economics Letters, 137, December, 143–5 PART III NATURAL DISASTER RESILIENCE, RECOVERY AND ADAPTATION A. Resilience 30. David S. Brookshire, Mark A. Thayer, John Tschirhart and William D. Schulze (1985), ‘A Test of the Expected Utility Model: Evidence from Earthquake Risks’, Journal of Political Economy, 93 (2), April, 369–89 31. Howard Kunreuther (1996), ‘Mitigating Disaster Losses through Insurance’, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Special Issue: The Stanford University Conference on Social Treatment of Catastrophic Risk, 12 (2–3), May, 171–87 32. Raymond J. Burby, Robert E. Deyle, David R. Godschalk and Robert B. Olshansky (2000), ‘Creating Hazard Resilient Communities through Land-Use Planning’, Natural Hazards Review, 1 (2), May, 99–106 33. Gary Yohe and Richard S.J. Tol (2002), ‘Indicators for Social and Economic Coping Capacity – Moving toward a Working Definition of Adaptive Capacity’, Global Environmental Change, 12 (1), April, 25–40 34. Emmanuel Skoufias (2003), ‘Economic Crises and Natural Disasters: Coping Strategies and Policy Implications’, World Development: Economic Crises, Natural Disasters, and Poverty, 31 (7), July, 1087–102 35. David R. Godschalk (2003), ‘Urban Hazard Mitigation: Creating Resilient Cities’, Natural Hazards Review, 4 (3), August, 136–43 36. Fanny Henriet, Stéphane Hallegatte and Lionel Tabourier (2012), ‘Firm-Network Characteristics and Economic Robustness to Natural Disasters’, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 36 (1), January, 150–67 B. Recovery 37. George Horwich (2000), ‘Economic Lessons of the Kobe Earthquake’, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 48 (3), April, 521–42 38. R.W. Kates, C.E. Colten, S. Laska and S.P. Leatherman (2006), ‘Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A Research Perspective’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103 (40), October, 14653–60 39. David Strömberg (2007), ‘Natural Disasters, Economic Development, and Humanitarian Aid’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21 (3), Summer, 199–222 C. Adaptation 40. Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess (2002), ‘The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117 (4), November, 1415–51 41. Nick Brooks, W. Neil Adger and P. Mick Kelly (2005), ‘The Determinants of Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity at the National Level and the Implications for Adaptation’, Global Environmental Change: Adaptation to Climate Change: Perspectives across Scales, 15 (2), July, 151–63 42. Raymond J. Burby (2006), ‘Hurricane Katrina and the Paradoxes of Government Disaster Policy: Bringing About Wise Governmental Decisions for Hazardous Areas’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 604 (1), March, 171–91 43. Andrew Healy and Neil Malhotra (2009), ‘Myopic Voters and Natural Disaster Policy’, American Political Science Review, 103 (3), August, 387–406 44. Leah Platt Boustan, Matthew E. Kahn and Paul W. Rhode (2012), ‘Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 102 (3), May, 238–44 45. Nathalie Francken, Bart Minten and Johan F.M. Swinnen (2012), ‘The Political Economy of Relief Aid Allocation: Evidence from Madagascar’, World Development, 40 (3), March, 486–500 46. Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Reinhard Mechler, Georg Pflug and Keith Williges (2014), ‘Funding Public Adaptation to Climate-Related Disasters. Estimates for a Global Fund’, Global Environmental Change, 25, March, 87–96 47. Hideki Toya and Mark Skidmore (2014), ‘Do Natural Disasters Enhance Societal Trust?’, Kyklos, 67 (2), May, 255–79 Index
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Amber Books Ltd Survival Tips: 150 Essential Life-saving Skills
Book SynopsisExploring some of the world’s more remote regions can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but should things go wrong, would you know what to do? Do you possess the basics skills and, above all the determination and will to survive? With a total of 150 expert survival tips, Survival Tips gives you the basic skills to keep going in any situation, and reach safety. Tips range from using an ice axe and sheltering from the wind, to finding fresh water and building a protective shelter. Survival Tips is an easy-to-use handbook of professional survival skills. It teaches survival fundamentals for every scenario and every environment, from the sub-zero landscape of the Arctic to the scorching suns of the tropics. In clear and practical terms, the book explains how to preserve life with minimal external aids and stay safe. Topics covered include: how to make hunting weapons, identifying edible plants, survival psychology, evasion techniques, celestial navigation, surviving at sea, constructing shelters, hunting and trapping techniques, making fire, improvised cooking vessels, improvising weapons, endurance techniques and finding underground water. The book also explores traditionally less well-covered but equally essential aspects of survival such as natural remedies for common diseases, rope handling and climbing methods and unarmed combat. Illustrated with more than 100 black-and-white illustrations, Survival Tips provides the reader with a single source of invaluable survival information.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Preparation and Equipment Includes: selecting the right fabrics and clothing for the environment; the layering principle of clothing; selection and care of boots; packing a comprehensive first-aid kit; selecting sleeping bags; packing a rucksack; recommended contents of a survival tin; knives and utility tools 2. Sustaining Life Includes: underground water sources; animals, plants and terrain as indicators of water; purifying water; making water-storage vessels; constructing solar stills and transpiration bags; conserving the body’s water. Includes: rules for identifying edible plants; applying the universal edibility test; common edible wilderness plants; fungi as a source of food; storing plant foodstuffs; recognising early symptoms of poisoning 3. Surviving in Mountainous Regions Includes: required kit for mountain survival; proper use of an ice axe; applications of walking and climbing ropes 4. Surviving in the Desert Includes: treating heatstroke and dehydration; special measures for conserving water; finding water in dried-up riverbeds; insect nutrition in the desert; adapting clothing for extreme heat and sunshine; making desert shelters 5. Surviving in Polar Regions Includes: constructing igloos and snow shelters; arctic foods; understanding, preventing and treating hypothermia; frostbite and trench foot; fire-making materials available in sub-zero climates; ice fishing; surviving a fall through ice 6. Survival at Sea Includes: selection and care of flotation devices; attracting attention at sea; correct procedure for abandoning ship; indicators of land; making a landing; distilling sea water; dealing with sharks and other dangerous marine life; winds and ocean navigation 7. Tropical Survival Includes: identifying dangerous tropical animals; special requirements for jungle shelters; finding safe water supplies; types of tropical environment; treating insect bites and stings; treating common tropical illnesses 8. Navigation and Signalling Includes: preparing an area for helicopter rescue; what to do in case of vehicle breakdown in a remote area; signalling for help; delegating rescue responsibilities between a team; radio maydays; morse code 9. Survival First Aid Includes: assessing the body’s vital signs using the ABC technique; delivering CPR; assessing levels of consciousness; treating common minor injuries, including bruises, rope burns and cuts; wound hygiene; stabilising broken bones Appendix
£999.99
CABI Publishing Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the
Book SynopsisThe Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general. Nonetheless, tourism industries in Asia Pacific has been challenged in recent years by a number of major crises and disasters including terrorism, outbreaks (e.g. SARS and Bird Flu), natural disasters (e.g. tsunamis, bushfires, flooding), and political crisis (e.g. protests and political instability).The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, this book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: Major themes and perspectives PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS 2: Conceptualising organisational resilience in tourism disaster and crisis management 3: Theoretical perspectives on crimes against tourists The influence of organisational culture on crisis planning: An application of the competing value framework in Chinese hotels 4: How does crisis leadership influence effective crisis readiness? 5: Collaborative communication networks: An application in Indonesia RESPONSE AND RECOVERY 6: Integrating tourism into disaster recovery management – The case of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 7: An analysis of the tourism industry’s management responses to political crises in Thailand 8: From tsunami to recovery: The resilience of Sri Lankan tourism industry 9: Analysing the impact of the 2011 natural disasters on the Central Queensland tourism industry 10: The global financial crisis’ influence on Chinese outbound travel market: A case study of the Shanghai regional market 11: The development of a trans-national tourism risk, crisis and recovery management network 12: The development of new tourism networks to respond to, and recover from the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake RESOLUTION, LEARNING AND FEEDBACK 13: Ecotourism as a sustainable recovery tool after an earthquake 14: The devastation of Darwin: Representing the recovery and reconstruction of Australia after Cyclone Tracy CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15: Conclusions and future directions
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook assesses the escalation of global natural disasters as a result of climate change. Examining the complex interplay of human and natural activities, it highlights the growing vulnerability of people and communities in developing countries to floods, landslides, cyclones, heat waves and wildfires. The Handbook opens with a global framework analysis, outlining the implications of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction. International contributors address the roles of stakeholders in mitigating climate hazards, as well as offer detailed analysis of cross-cutting issues, including poverty, health, education and gender. Concluding chapters address the future of climate change mitigation and disaster protection, exploring the growing role of emerging technologies in disaster resilience and sustainable development. Bringing together cutting-edge research from renowned global scholars and professionals, this Handbook offers key insights for researchers and students of environmental studies and development studies, particularly those focusing on natural disasters and climate technologies. The empirical data and case analysis will also benefit practitioners, professionals and policymakers working in climate risk relief.Table of ContentsContents: Preface xiv PART I OVERVIEW AND GLOBAL FRAMEWORKS 1 Concepts and recent developments on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 2 Rajib Shaw 2 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its implications to risk reduction 6 Yulida Safitri, Bismark Adu-Gyamfi, and Rajib Shaw 3 Paris Agreement and its implications to disaster risk reduction 19 Dwi Putri Agustianingsih, Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw 4 Sendai Framework and its implementation 30 Reni Diah Ningsih, Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw PART II CLIMATE RELATED HAZARD AND STATE OF ART KNOWLEDGE 5 Climate change and flood risk reduction measures 43 Mikio Ishiwatari 6 Climate change and landslide risk reduction 56 Basanta Raj Adhikari, Sanjaya Devkota and Rocky Talchabhadel 7 Climate change and cyclone risk reduction 64 Imon Chowdhooree and Fuad Hassan Mallick 8 Climate change and drought risk reduction 80 Mostafa Jafari 9 Climate change, heat wave and health impacts 88 Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani, Bismark Adu-Gyamfi and Rajib Shaw 10 Wildfire risk management under climate change 99 Adriana Keating and John Handmer 11 GLOF and climate change 114 Fareeha Siddique, Atta-ur Rahman and Rajib Shaw PART III STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT 12 Private sector roles in climate change adaptation 122 Satoka Shimizu and Rajib Shaw 13 Science, technology, innovation and climate change adaptation 132 Muhammed Sulfikkar Ahamed, Ambika Dabral, Ranit Chatterjee and Rajib Shaw 14 Role of non-government organizations in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 144 Takeshi Komino 15 Reviewing the media’s climate change beat 154 Suvendrini Kakuchi and Rajib Shaw 16 Role of youth and young professionals in climate change and disaster risk reduction 161 Pradip Khatiwada 17 Local government roles in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 172 Kendra Hirata PART IV CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 18 Adaptation governance 183 Sanjay Chaturvedi 19 Urban–rural transect and ecosystem perspectives for mitigating landscape scale disasters: lessons from Visakhapatnam, India 199 Sameer M. Deshkar and Payal Suneja 20 Urban vulnerability and resilience in the face of natural hazards: a critical conceptual review 214 Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md. Lamiur Raihan, Gulsan Ara Parvin, Babul Hossain, G.M. Monirul Alam and Tahmina Chumky 21 Gender, inclusion, climate change and disasters 231 Dilruba Haider and Rukhsar Sultana 22 Ecosystem-based risk reduction in policy and practice 249 Noralene Uy, Chris Tapnio and Arjay Dineros 23 Prospects of climigration for the Pacific Islands 268 Ebony Louise Hogg and Akhilesh Surjan 24 Post-disaster recovery trajectories in Nagapattinam and Kuttanad regions of India: how representations of communities shape their recovery outcomes 280 Jasmitha Arvind, Nihal Ranjit and Mythili Madhavan 25 Housing and post-disaster recovery 293 Iftekhar Ahmed 26 Climate and disaster risk reduction education 322 Aiko Sakurai, Yoshiyuki Murayama, Takeshi Sato and Takashi Oda 27 Community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation 330 Zenaida D. Willison, Loreine B. de la Cruz and Mayfourth D. Luneta 28 Microfinance and climate change: Global and Bangladesh perspectives 353 Gulsan Ara Parvin, Md. Shamim Istiak, Md. Lamiur Raihan, Tahmina Chumky, Kazi Farzana Shumi and Mrittika Basu 29 Supply chain management, disaster and climate change 369 Arunabh Mitra and Rohit Chaurasia 30 Education sector interventions for sustainable society through climate change adaptation and disaster resilience 381 Indrajit Pal, Joyashree Roy, Anushree Pal and Sheikh Tawhid Islam 31 Health, climate change and disaster risks 392 Emily Ying Yang Chan, Sida Liu, Chi Shing Wong and Rajib Shaw 32 Climate-resilient agricultural practices in Bangladesh 407 Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Israt Jahan and Md. Anwarul Abedin 33 Sea level change and the livelihood security of coastal communities in Tamil Nadu, Peninsular India 432 P. Thamizoli and R. Rengalakshmi 34 Disaster nursing and adaptation to climate change 453 Archana Shrestha Joshi, Hastoro Dwinantoaji, Sakiko Kanbara, and Hasti Widyasamratri 35 Integrating disaster and climate change in risk sensitive land use planning 462 Chandra Hada and Rajib Shaw 36 Recovery: the role of children in recovery processes and disaster risk reduction – the case of the South-Indian floods in 2015 470 Samuel Lloyd Brown, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy and Jonas Joerin 37 5-Dimensional climate+scenario model to countermeasure urban heat island effect 489 Parisa Kloss and Mojtaba Samimi 38 Mountain ecosystems and climate change 500 Himangana Gupta and Rajib Shaw 39 Decadal assessment of mangroves of the Sundarban region under changing climate in Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta 514 Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Niloy Pramanick, Abhra Chanda, Sourav Das, Jyotiskona Barik and Tuhin Ghosh 40 Impact-based risk forecasting and hydro-meteorological disasters 525 Devashree Niraula PART V EMERGING ISSUES AND INNOVATION 41 The path to urban sustainability with technology: the case of a Japanese smart town 538 Mihoko Sakurai 42 International coalitions for climate and disaster resilient infrastructure 547 Vikrant Panwar, Sameer Pethe and Rajib Shaw 43 An integrated governance approach towards a water–energy–food nexus and climate change 562 Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw 44 Climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in Odisha, India: a new horizon in sustainability, adaptation, and mitigation 574 S.K. Dubey, A.P. Padiyar, N. Shenoy, A. Gaikawd, B. Mohanty, B.K. Baliarsingh, S. Dutta, B.C. Ratha, B. Sethi, M. Pal, D. Bhanja and S. Acharya 45 Society 5.0 and inclusive resilience 594 Andrew DeWit and Rajib Shaw 46 New emergency communications: implication to climate hazards 605 Tamal Mondal, Krishnandu Hazra, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Partha Sarathi Paul, Ratna Mandal, Subrata Nandi and Sujoy Saha 47 Risk communication: analytical perspective from the lens of science, COVID-19 and climate change 625 Kat Boehringer and Akhilesh Surjan 48 COVID-19, transportation and climate change 638 Karl Kim 49 Network governance for implementing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 648 Naim Kapucu and Olga Pysmenna 50 Situational awareness for all: from sensing to collaboration using real-time communication in cities affected by climate change 663 Aditya Barve, Miho Mazereeuw and Mayank Ojha Index 676
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.With disasters increasing in both frequency and intensity, this timely Advanced Introduction provides a fresh perspective on how the concepts established in the Sendai Framework can be put into practice to reduce disaster risk, improve preparedness in cost-effective ways, and develop whole-of-society approaches to increasing resilience.Key Features: Provides evidence-informed coverage of the core areas of disaster risk reduction Identifies the implementation issues and challenges to anticipation, preparedness, evaluation and governance and the strategies that can be used to facilitate it Discusses individual and collective ways to manage recovery and to learn from disaster experiences and programmes such as Build Back Better to prepare people to deal with disasters more effectively in the future Incorporating research on preparedness modelling, evaluation strategies, adaptive governance, and transformative learning, this Advanced Introduction will be invaluable to students and scholars of environmental management, governance and regulation interested in disaster risk reduction. It will also be a vital resource to policymakers looking to strengthen their disaster preparedness and recovery measures.Trade Review‘This is valuable work when the world is facing compounded hazards in a complex risk landscape. The book is also timely with countries taking stock of the mid-term review of the Sendai Framework. The book illustrates nicely future aspects of disaster risk reduction including adaptive governance.’ -- Rajib Shaw, Keio University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to disaster risk reduction 2. Understanding disaster risk 3. Anticipation 4. Preparedness 5. DRR in international contexts: cross-cultural issues 6. DRR in response and recovery settings 7. Assessing the effectiveness of DRR: cost–benefit and evaluation perspectives 8. Transformative learning, capacity development and building back better 9. Conclusions and future issues References Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.With disasters increasing in both frequency and intensity, this timely Advanced Introduction provides a fresh perspective on how the concepts established in the Sendai Framework can be put into practice to reduce disaster risk, improve preparedness in cost-effective ways, and develop whole-of-society approaches to increasing resilience.Key Features: Provides evidence-informed coverage of the core areas of disaster risk reduction Identifies the implementation issues and challenges to anticipation, preparedness, evaluation and governance and the strategies that can be used to facilitate it Discusses individual and collective ways to manage recovery and to learn from disaster experiences and programmes such as Build Back Better to prepare people to deal with disasters more effectively in the future Incorporating research on preparedness modelling, evaluation strategies, adaptive governance, and transformative learning, this Advanced Introduction will be invaluable to students and scholars of environmental management, governance and regulation interested in disaster risk reduction. It will also be a vital resource to policymakers looking to strengthen their disaster preparedness and recovery measures.Trade Review‘This is valuable work when the world is facing compounded hazards in a complex risk landscape. The book is also timely with countries taking stock of the mid-term review of the Sendai Framework. The book illustrates nicely future aspects of disaster risk reduction including adaptive governance.’ -- Rajib Shaw, Keio University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to disaster risk reduction 2. Understanding disaster risk 3. Anticipation 4. Preparedness 5. DRR in international contexts: cross-cultural issues 6. DRR in response and recovery settings 7. Assessing the effectiveness of DRR: cost–benefit and evaluation perspectives 8. Transformative learning, capacity development and building back better 9. Conclusions and future issues References Index
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