Natural Disasters in China
This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks,...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Σειρά: | IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Περίληψη: | This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | XI, 288 p. 141 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9783662502709 |
| ISSN: | 2363-4979 |
