Challenges for Human Security Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Matsuoka, Yuzuru (Editor), Yoshida, Mamoru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Civil Engineering.

Ever since mankind first appeared on Earth, people have confronted a variety of threats caused by global environmental changes and catastrophic natural disasters. In recent years, there has been a huge necessity to attempt the complementary co-evolution among technologies, urban management, and poli...

Table of Contents:

• Human Security Engineering
• Human Security Engineering as a Practical Approach
• Construction and Development of Social Infrastructure
• Co-Evolution of Health Risk Management and Urban Environmental Infrastructure
• Integrated Disaster Risk Management from the Perspective of Human Security Engineering
• Community Dimension of Human Security in Urban Context
• Asset Management
• Human security engineering education program.