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Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research
| Author | : Fernando I. Rivera |
| Publisher | : Butterworth-Heinemann |
| Total Pages | : 456 |
| Release | : 2019-06-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128162651 |
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. - Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing - Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field - Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries
A Safer Future
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 85 |
| Release | : 1991-02-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309045460 |
Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.
Facing Hazards and Disasters
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2006-09-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0309101786 |
Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events-including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact-affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.
Facing the Unexpected
| Author | : Ronald W. Perry |
| Publisher | : Joseph Henry Press |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2001-11-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309171970 |
Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster programs, identify remaining research needs, and discuss disaster within the broader context of sustainable development. How do different people think about disaster? Are we more likely to panic or to respond with altruism? Why are 110 people killed in a Valujet crash considered disaster victims while the 50,000 killed annually in traffic accidents in the U.S. are not? At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions. The authors review the influences that shape the U.S. governmental system for disaster planning and response, the effectiveness of local emergency agencies, and the level of professionalism in the field. They also compare technological versus natural disaster and examine the impact of technology on disaster programs.
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
| Author | : Debarati Guha-Sapir |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2013-05-23 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0199841934 |
This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.
Improving Disaster Management
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2007-05-01 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 0309164486 |
Information technology (IT) has the potential to play a critical role in managing natural and human-made disasters. Damage to communications infrastructure, along with other communications problems exacerbated the difficulties in carrying out response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. To assist government planning in this area, the Congress, in the E-government Act of 2002, directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to request the NRC to conduct a study on the application of IT to disaster management. This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.
The Impacts of Natural Disasters
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1999-05-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309063949 |
We in the United States have almost come to accept natural disasters as part of our nation's social fabric. News of property damage, economic and social disruption, and injuries follow earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes. Surprisingly, however, the total losses that follow these natural disasters are not consistently calculated. We have no formal system in either the public or private sector for compiling this information. The National Academies recommends what types of data should be assembled and tracked.
Federal Program Evaluations
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 800 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
Natural Disasters
| Author | : Pan American Health Organization |
| Publisher | : Pan American Health Org |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : America |
| ISBN | : 9275115753 |
Includes statistics.
