Avoidable Deaths A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ray-Bennett, Nibedita S. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Θέματα: Natural disasters.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Sustainable Development.; Social Policy.; Sociology, general.

This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions of the 21st century: why deaths continue to occur in natural disasters despite the tremendous advancements in disaster management science and weather forecasting systems, increased sophistication of human-built environments and ongoing econom...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Avoidable Deaths in Disasters
• Chapter 2. Systems Failure in Disasters
• Chapter 3. Super-Cyclone in 1999
• Chapter 4. Cyclone Phailin in 2013
• Chapter 5: Systems Failure Revisited.