Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards
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Author
Publication
2015 - Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
128,750 words, Guess
Page Count
515 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781443876094
- ISBN-101443883875
- ISBN-101443876097
- ISBN-139781443883870
- OCLC Control Number924632082
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL44434544M
Classifications
- DDC363.346
- LCCGB5014 .E86 2015
Description
The 21st century presents many challenges to the hazard manager; dynamic climatic conditions combined with population growth, rapid urbanization, and changing socio-economic relationships are reshaping disaster impacts, community responses, and social safety mechanisms. Indeed, human vulnerability is constantly restructured by the ongoing interplay of physical, social, economic, and political forces. At the same time, reducing vulnerability and enhancing community resilience require policies aimed at mitigating the consequences of disasters as they affect different locations and different grou.
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