Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards Prediction, Prevention, and Preparedness /

• Main Author: Siegel, Frederic R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Natural disasters.; System safety.; Climate change.; Air pollution.; Environmental pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Security Science and Technology.; Climate Change.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Terrestrial Pollution.
• Physical Description: XIV, 127 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319388755
• ISSN: 2191-5547

This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases.